Hello everyone I have a commercial cleaning company here in Georgia and I am trying to bid on an elementary school that is 111,319 sq ft of floor cleaning service as well as bathrooms and evrythings else. Classroom s stripped and cleaned 1month hallway scrubbed and bunished 3xweek how do I bid

You estimate your square foot time for each of the required jobs,

Factor in your overhead allowance, if employees are needed, their over head costs.

That gives you the estmated cost, factoring in the cost of taxes on income profit, you multiply by your standard profit percentages you use on all bidding. It works just like any other bidding you would do on commercial accounts but I will assume only bigger.

School cleaning is different for one major factor; it is not full work all year round. You have to arrive at a price for the work done when school is in session and then for the work during the "off" season also. Then combine the totals in one annual price.

Example:

9 MONTHS: $___________

3 MONTHS: $___________

Annual Total: $___________

In your bid explain how you calculated this and what services will be performed in each group of months.

You should have received a bid package containing the specifications and requirements, in this package... this should have been explained.

As Chuck said calculate your square footage of the total"cleanable square footage". Do this for the major cleaning and regular floor work (sweeping, mopping, etc) for the 9 to 10 months that the school is open to classes. The "summer work" is different. This is when most of the major floor work and periodical work is done; walls, stripping and refinishing hard floors, washing windows, major carpet cleaning, desk refinishing, machine scrubbing the washroom floors etc.

The best and most reliant and safe way to calculate your pricing is to go the sq ft route and then also figure the job by estimated man hours. Then set down and compare the two, usually the truth is somewhere in the middle. Find out who your competitors are and get to know them and the way that they price.

Most all school districts are required to have an open bid meeting before the bid to answer any questions and walk the job. And after the bid are required because it is 'tax money' paying for this work to open the bids in a public meeting. Write down how each bidder has priced the job for future use. And where you came in, in the bid process. History is experience and can only make you better.

These kind of bids are called "read 'um and weep" bids. If the low bidder has met all the requirements, that's it, they win the contract. Unlike commercial bidding where you could be better qualified and not the low bidder and still get the job.

I hope this helped you. do your due diligence.

Stringer