[Suehuitt]

hi Guys I have been asked to tender for a clean, I am meeting they guy next week, am I best to price by the hour or do I charge by sqft  any help would be gladly appreciated, do I go on the basis that 12ft sq will be about 30 mins work?

[martin19842]

 hi there

12 sq ft is NOT 30 mins work.

is it a build clean tender ?? or an office clean tender  ??

regards

martin

[Suehuitt]

its an office clean martin and thank you for your response so quickly

[lea_kay]

office cleans general work on a per sq ft basis simple equation is between 160-180sq ft per person per hour.
Hope this helps

[Suehuitt]

thanks for the quick reply I think that should help me.
So for example if the area is 1000sqft what would be the best way of converting it to hourly rate

[lea_kay]

divide the total sq ft by the sq ft average tells you around 6.25hrs .
convert that into staff and its around 2 staff 3 hrs/day or 6 staff 1hr/day  approximatley!
hope you understand this i am not very good at explaining if you have any problems drop me a line on info@lk-hygiene.co.uk
cheers

[Suehuitt]

hi i have emailed you as i still cant get my head around it, give me any maths but sqft?

[Dust Knights]

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office cleans general work on a per sq ft basis simple equation is between 160-180sq ft per person per hour.

Your standards must be incredibly high! 

Try 2000 - 2500 square feet per hour and you're getting closer.

Therefore an office building of 10,000 square feet would take between 4 and 5 man hours.

Chris

[lea_kay]

sorry sue he is right i forgot the zero it should read 1600-1800 sq ft per hour
thanks for noticing that however i have emailed you sue with some proper calculations.

[martin19842]

hi there

yes productivity ratios vary

some will price 1000-1300 sq ft per hr

whilst the big boys, ie airports etc will be looking for 2000-3000 sq ft per hour.

it all depends on the density of the offices as well ie furniture.

regards

martin

[Suehuitt]

Thanks  all for the information, I will be putting in the tender early next week and will let you know the outcome