Wednesday's Ask the Experts: Bidding and estimating

December 1, 2010

Wednesday''s Ask the Experts question from a cleaning professional on the International Custodial Advisors Network (ICAN) "Ask the Experts" page: When a client wants a bid on a 3 day a week or a 5 day a week cleaning, what is a formula to use on pricing?

The answer:

Here is an explanation from the archives that may help you work out this frequency reduction. Beyond this, you will have to research the ATEX Archives yourself for more details.
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Reducing the cleaning frequency from 5 days a week to 2 will result in extended cleaning times. After all, the customer has carefully and thoughtfully saved up soil just for you. There will be more ... — Gary Clipperton, president of National Pro Clean Corp.

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