Bidding on a 35,000 square foot facility - Should you price by the square foot or by the hour?

[@tiffanylyons8826]

What about a 21,000 sqft 5 days per week -office clean, trash, sanitizing, dusting, cleaning desks, wiping doors and windows down, etc. It wont be for the entire office. Suites are exempt besides a handful of upstairs suites.

[@Rediscoversontaine]

I have a bid for a newly constructed senior apartment building. 1x final clean 45000 sft

[@sleeperzone9698]

What would you charge for a 4000 square-foot building five times a week in a competitive market

[@DonRashad]

Shouldn’t those prices be based on a weekly basis opposed to monthly? That seems like a lot of work to only receive that once a month. Newbie here. 😊

[@DonDresser77]

How long do u think 3120 sqft would take a person to clean

[@Beth-pf6oo]

When you give a price quote and charge by square footage do you add sales tax to the quote? I live in NY and there is an 8.35% sales tax on services. I'm just starting out and I landed a job, the building is 15,000 sq ft and I charge .12 cents per sq ft, that's $1800. That's what I quoted on the proposal, but I didn't factor in sales tax...Was that my first rookie mistake? lol Should I have added the tax to the quote and quoted them $1950? Or are they expecting that to be a separate charge on the monthly invoice?

[@marychristineanderson4112]

I’m having a problem issuing a quote. I need to give it fast. Maybe i can help pick your brain. 45000 sq ft, 3 stories fully oocupied office buliding. 5x wkly, 3 people per night. I would appreciate it.

[@pcs9016]

What is the margin for additional work? So far carpet cleaning or strip and wax, what would you price it at?

[@thejanitorialstore]

That price is different for every cleaning business based on their training, equipment used, etc. We charge .18 -.21 for carpet. Strip/wax start at .40 per square foot.

[@jasonortiz5938]

What would be a good production rate to use when starting off a Janitorial business? You mention 4000 sq ft per hour. Is that a good rate to use. If she does it change depending on the type of building ?

[@thejanitorialstore]

Your billable rate would not change but the time to clean would because in some accounts your production rate is slower. Your production rate is based on the cleaning system you are using, the training of your cleaners and the scope of work being performed. If you are using zone cleaning your production rate in an office building being cleaned 5 times per week might be 3200 - 3500 square feet per hour. If you are using team cleaning system your production rates can be higher.

[@sleeperzone9698]

Right information what would you charge for 8300 square foot building just sweeping and mopping and emptying out trash and three offices and three bathroom

[@TheSoundWellnessRoom]

If this service is only 2 days per week, I might price it between $575 and $650 per month. Of course there are many other things to consider.

[@sleeperzone9698]

Steve Hanson im at $1200 Thanks for the info

[@TheSoundWellnessRoom]

It must be a 5 day per week service?

[@sleeperzone9698]

Steve Hanson how much would you charge to clean a hundred fifteen thousand square foot building

[@thejanitorialstore]

That depends, I need a lot more information before considering a price. A walk through would be #1 on the list. How competitive is the market? What type of building is it? Where is it located in the U.S.? How many people work in the building? How many people visit the building? Etc.

[@pcs9016]

What would you quote a building at 30,100 sq ft to clean 5 days a wk. This wil be my first commercial account if bid is right. Thank you

[@thejanitorialstore]

It depends on your market and more. I can give you a number but who knows if it will win the bid. $4500 per month. There are many things to consider when pricing. Is the prospect a price shopper? What is the scope of work? Etc. Take that price point and use the bidding calculators on thejanitorialstore.com to know what your profit might be. You need to be a member to get access.

[@pcs9016]

@@thejanitorialstore thank you for your response and expertise. It is a mental health facility. A RFP email was sent asking for a written proposal and scope of work in detail. Additionally, spot clean stains on carpet as needed and windows inside and out 4 times annually as well...

[@thejanitorialstore]

@@pcs9016 Follow the instructions given in the RFP. You don't want to be disqualified for not being at a meeting or walk through. Try to uncover if it is price driven.

[@NTAJanitorialCleaning]

How do you bid without the square footage and you can’t find it online

[@thejanitorialstore]

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[@insidethewarcloset3301]

Looking at a daycare cleaning 1500 sft 3 days a week how much should I charge

[@thejanitorialstore]

That depends on the scope of work, current condition and your market. Have you done local market research to know what your competitors are charging for services and paying their employees?

[@weclean5633]

How much should I charge a charter school that has 110000 square feet they need a cleaner for 10 hours in the morning in a cleaner for 20 hours at night Monday through Friday they want floors done mopped they want buffing once a year maybe buffing 3 times a year windows clean they want us to clean up outside they have many classrooms many bathrooms at least 10 bathrooms 10 classrooms it's very massive I don't know what to charge them I was thinking $4,600 a month but I have to pay the employees 3,600 and you know it's not much of a profit now there's its competitive they have five different companies that's going to be bidding on this place what do I do I'm confused what do I charge because those companies those other companies can charge $15,000 a month $10 a thousand a month I don't know what they'll charge but I want the contract so what can you help me what should I do

[@fritonay5349]

I think you should charge high and give a competitive and professional job,, I have learned that charging too low doesn’t work

[@precious1859]

For that size building $ 3,500 on 32,000sqft building

[@thejanitorialstore]

The low price was $2,454 per month in a competitive bid for the 35,000 square foot facility and $2,100 for the 30,000 square foot facility.

[@georgekleowdis5219]

What would you say for 47,700 sq ft bldg. 3 days a week.

[@thejanitorialstore]

I might charge 0.13

[@pipulupadhyay5871]

Greetings.. I need help am starting housekeeping service facilty please provide basic does and dont.. Regards.. Pipul from India

[@thejanitorialstore]

Have you visited thejanitorialstore.com or MyHouseCleaningBiz.com? You will find a wealth of information on each site either for commercial cleaning or residential cleaning.

[@MerandaLynnx4]

What should I charge for a 90,000 square ft?

[@thejanitorialstore]

That depends on many things some of which are type of service, scope of work, frequency of service, type of account, age of building, number of people, etc.

[@MerandaLynnx4]

The Janitorial Store It will need to be cleaned 7 days a week. It’s a army chemical building. There’s 7 buildings altogether the bigger building only needs the training and conference area clean. That’s the biggest building.

[@thejanitorialstore]

@@MerandaLynnx4 With out seeing the location and having much more information there is no way we could give a price on this. You might work load it.

[@precious1859]

Hmmm prob $7,500

[@guzman9011]

About 7k

[@icebergslim610]

How much would you charge to clean a 10,000 square foot boutique hotel. 9 rooms 9 baths and 4 common area and kitchen. Manager wants a 7 day a week clean and has to have at least 3 people cleaning Per day. Thanks

[@thejanitorialstore]

How much time do you have to get the job done daily? Why do they want 3 people cleaning?

[@icebergslim610]

@@thejanitorialstore she requested a staff of 3 people. 3 hours a day

[@thejanitorialstore]

Ok, then we just do the math. 3 hours x 3 people = 9 man hours per clean. 9 hours x 7 days per week = 63 hours per week. 63 hours per week x 52 weeks = 3,276 hours per year divided by 12 months = 273 hours per month. 273 hours per month x a billable rate of $35 per hour = $9,555.00 per month or 0.9555 cents per square foot.

[@Hotdog-yk8vn]

Is that one person cleaning?

[@thejanitorialstore]

For this size building you might use 2 or 3 people. Remember the estimated time is 8.76 hours per cleaning.

[@Hotdog-yk8vn]

The Janitorial Store So that's 8.75 hrs together as a two person team?

[@thejanitorialstore]

For 2 people they would have 4.38 hours to complete the cleaning. 3 people will have 2.92 hours to complete the cleaning. It does not matter if you sent in 6 people the total man hours will not exceed 8.76 hours.

[@TheSoundWellnessRoom]

No, you might place 2 or 3 people. It would be a lot of work for one person.

[@Easyjanitorialservicesllc]

How can I charge for 33,000 square foot, 3days a week

[@caseywheeler7080]

at $2,400 theres not much room for profit .

[@TheSoundWellnessRoom]

That really depend on the companies cleaning systems, expenses and training.

[@thejanitorialstore]

Profit is different for every company. One person might want to make 10% while the other wants 25%. It's all about who runs a more efficient cleaning business.