If you’ve ever called around for a cleaning quote, you probably heard a lot of “cents per square foot.” It sounds simple, but it’s often a trap. If a company prices your building on size alone, they’re guessing at your workload, and when they guess wrong, it’s your office cleanliness that suffers.
At Optimal Prime Cleaning Services, we don’t just look at the floor; we look at the flow. Here’s how we build a fair, transparent price for your Sioux Falls facility.
We don’t give ballpark quotes over the phone, because your building is unique. During the walkthrough, we focus on three things:
– The usage map. A 5,000 sq. ft. warehouse and a 5,000 sq. ft. medical clinic need very different levels of care. We look at how the space is used and which areas see the most action.
– The restroom audit. We count fixtures (sinks, stalls, urinals) and check their condition. Restrooms are the most labor-intensive part of almost any job, so getting this right matters.
– The floor-type inventory. We note where you have carpet, LVP, tile, or sealed concrete. Each one needs different equipment and different amounts of time to clean properly.
Pricing on square footage alone leads to rushed service. If a cleaner is handed a price that only accounts for size, they’re forced to cut corners to stay profitable.
We go deeper by looking at the density of the workload:
– An office with 50 cubicles takes longer to dust and vacuum than an empty carpeted hall of the same size.
– We factor in the touch-point count: the door handles, light switches, and elevator buttons that need daily cleaning.
We combine local Sioux Falls experience with real industry data so our timing is accurate.
1. Workload analysis. We use internal software that breaks a building down into tasks and assigns a time value to each.
2. ISSA benchmarking. We compare our estimates against International Sanitary Supply Association (ISSA) standards, so our labor times are backed by industry data rather than guesswork.
3. The judgment factor. Data is a starting point, not the whole answer. Our team reviews every automated estimate. If we know a South Dakota winter will add ten minutes of salt cleanup to your entryway, we build that in.
