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How to Write an Effective Janitorial RFP in Less than 1 Hour One of the most common barriers keeping companies from making a needed change in janitorial vendors is the time it takes to prepare a request for proposal (RFP). In this article, you will find a janitorial...

In every industry, there are a few companies that use morally questionable business practices. The janitorial industry is no exception. In fact, unethical or illegal business practices can be quite common in the janitorial industry. The most common such practice is...

Can you get out of your existing janitorial contract? At some point along the way, nearly every customer has asked this question of their cleaning vendor. Canceling a service agreement should be the last resort, but perhaps the cleaning or service quality has declined...

Finding a new cleaning company can take time and effort. What if they don’t perform well? What if the start-up is a disaster? What if the complaints are worse with the new company than the old janitorial company? You don’t want to worry about cleaning services, and...

After reading this article, you will not be able to unknow what you are about to learn. So proceed with caution. Here is the startling truth: unless your cleaning company has a standard process for cleaning combined with a quality training program, the rags used to...

Selecting a janitorial company can be a bit like dating. There are some good ones and some bad ones, and if you aren’t careful, you could end up looking for a way to end the relationship. Is there a way to see beforehand whether or not you will end up in a...

There are lots of reasons why your cleaning company may not be doing a good job taking care of your facility. Perhaps they underbid the work, ownership has changed, or maybe other customers are getting more attention. So how can you know if your janitorial company has...

“Our floors look terrible!” This is a common phrase we encounter when called in by a prospective client to provide a proposal for cleaning services. Besides dirty restrooms and break rooms, there is nothing that draws the ire of building owners more than dull, damaged...