[Platinum]

Does anybody clean buses for a provider?

Ive just made a few enquires on the phone and got a lead

I think they would require cleans every night and be prepared for the following day ....

If anyone does them much should i be charging per bus?

[Inspirational C S]

Hi Danny

I worked for a contract cleaning company for ten years and we were heavily involed in bus cleaning, i was the manager in charge of the contracts working for the east london bus company (formerly part of stagecoach) and united buses in west london, It is an extremely competitive price driven market (even more so than general office cleaning and the like). You need to get a full spec and sla from the client before you attempt to price this kind of job as they usually include penalty clauses which can work out very very expensive and can wipe out all the profit if not run with an extremely tight grip. It is not as easy as saying you will charge x amount per bus per day at the beginning as you have to break down every individual cleaning procedure, for example a bus will need sweeping every night and as an example you will need to allocate a time for sweeping this bus (say 7.5 minutes for a standard single decker including cab) you then times this by the number of buses and divide by 60 to give the number of hours required for this task. Then comes the hourly rate for this task to work out your basic charge. Then you have mini cleans/fortnighlty cleans/monthly cleans/mot cleans which all need an allocated time t be able to work out your charges. If managed well they can be very profitable and add a massive chunk to your turnover but if not managed properly can be a tiresome burden. Happy to give more info if you like.

[Martin ccs]

god! the buses round my area are a sh@t tip! i think/looks like the drivers just get a black bag and pic up the rubbish but as for any cleaning then there is no way the buses in my local area get cleaned.

saying that we now have new services which have leather seats etc... im guessing they must get cleaned.

all wfp wc could wash the double deckers down in minutes!

[jasonl]

I had the contract for 6 years cleaning Siesta coaches in Middlesbrough.

They had up to 15 coaches  that went to Disney then Spain  on a Tuesday morning , arriving wed pm ,, turning round  and arriving back friday night for a clean  before setting off sat am returning back for Mon night.

So we had to clean the coaches on a Monday and friday night, I had 4 0r 5 people doing thi on piece work of about £12 a coach , I was charging £22 a coach , so was netting about £200 a week after costs , it ran from March untill christmas every year.

[Platinum]

Hi Danny

I worked for a contract cleaning company for ten years and we were heavily involed in bus cleaning, i was the manager in charge of the contracts working for the east london bus company (formerly part of stagecoach) and united buses in west london, It is an extremely competitive price driven market (even more so than general office cleaning and the like). You need to get a full spec and sla from the client before you attempt to price this kind of job as they usually include penalty clauses which can work out very very expensive and can wipe out all the profit if not run with an extremely tight grip. It is not as easy as saying you will charge x amount per bus per day at the beginning as you have to break down every individual cleaning procedure, for example a bus will need sweeping every night and as an example you will need to allocate a time for sweeping this bus (say 7.5 minutes for a standard single decker including cab) you then times this by the number of buses and divide by 60 to give the number of hours required for this task. Then comes the hourly rate for this task to work out your basic charge. Then you have mini cleans/fortnighlty cleans/monthly cleans/mot cleans which all need an allocated time t be able to work out your charges. If managed well they can be very profitable and add a massive chunk to your turnover but if not managed properly can be a tiresome burden. Happy to give more info if you like.

Thanks for the reply. If you wouldnt mind i would really appreciate that.
Heres my email address if you want to mail me
Dmj.guest@hotmail.co.uk

Cheers
Danny

[Platinum]

I had the contract for 6 years cleaning Siesta coaches in Middlesbrough.

They had up to 15 coaches  that went to Disney then Spain  on a Tuesday morning , arriving wed pm ,, turning round  and arriving back friday night for a clean  before setting off sat am returning back for Mon night.

So we had to clean the coaches on a Monday and friday night, I had 4 0r 5 people doing thi on piece work of about £12 a coach , I was charging £22 a coach , so was netting about £200 a week after costs , it ran from March untill christmas every year.

Wouldnt mind having a contract like that. How come you dont have the contract now?>

[jasonl]

I sold the company a few years ago.  Mailshot , mailshot mailshot ,, there are similar jobs there for the taking

[stalwart]

Those were good ole days..............................on the buses, "i hate you butler"