Tools, research, and data for commercial cleaning operators.
16 free calculators, a 372-article editorial library, 220+ glossary entries, and primary-source data across 100 metros and 51 U.S. jurisdictions — wages, OSHA, EPA, federal RFPs. No signup. No marketing.
Built for bidding, operations, procurement, and safety.
SoW Generator
Bid Stress Test
Per-Clean vs Hourly
Bid Benchmarks
Restroom Time Calc
Floor Program Builder
Day Porter ROI
Chemical Compatibility
Account Profitability
VOC Compliance
Pad Selector
One-page references for the field.
Common cleaner ratios, ounce-per-gallon conversions.
What you can and cannot mix — safety hazards flagged.
Gloves, goggles, respirators by chemical class.
State-by-state VOC limits for cleaning products.
VCT, LVT, terrazzo, concrete — daily and restoration.
Walk-through scoring template for QA inspections.
Operator-grade research on equipment, chemistry, and compliance.
Where specs, regulation, and labor models diverge.
Joint Commission EC/IC EPs, CDC environmental cleaning, EPA List N selection, terminal vs daily protocols.
Visit hub →Post-ESSER budget reality, ASHRAE 241 IAQ, state green-cleaning mandates, district custodial production rates.
Visit hub →FDA Food Code 4-hour rule, USDA FSIS, food-contact sanitizer concentrations, three-compartment sink protocols.
Visit hub →Hotel housekeeping production rates, AHLA Stay Safe, fitness equipment protocols, day-porter staffing.
Visit hub →NFPA 654 combustible-dust housekeeping, OSHA 1910.22, ISO cleanroom classifications, industrial autoscrubber selection.
Visit hub →Post-pandemic occupancy realities, LEED O+M green-cleaning, WELL alignment, day-and-night porter models.
Visit hub →BLS, OSHA, EPA, SAM.gov — sourced, not summarized.
Every datapoint links to its primary source. BLS OEWS May 2024 for wages, OSHA 2026 penalty schedule for enforcement, EPA Pesticide Product Label System for disinfectant registration, SAM.gov and FPDS-NG for federal procurement.
Janitorial wages and federal RFPs for the 100 largest U.S. metros.
Active federal custodial solicitations by metro, NAICS 561720 set-asides, and procurement intelligence.
Acronyms, standards, and trade vocabulary linked back to source pages.
The tools operators reach for first.
Scope of Work Generator
Build a defensible SoW with frequency matrices, escalation clauses, and force-majeure language — exports to PDF for procurement review.
Calculate cleaning time and FTE needs by task and surface, using ISSA 447 production rates.
Run calculation →Median pricing across 14 facility types from RS Means and ISSA — sanity-check any incoming bid.
View benchmarks →Latest research from the editorial team.
Commercial Cleaning Bid Pricing: Building a Labor-Cost Model That Doesn't Undercut Margin
How to stack labor, supplies, overhead, and target margin with sensitivity to BLS wage variance by metro.
Median $/sqft across office, healthcare, education, retail, industrial.
Frequency matrices, escalation, sub-contracting, force majeure.
State of Commercial Cleaning
Annual analysis of pricing, labor, chemistry, and regulatory shifts across the U.S. building-services sector. Anchored to BLS, Census, CBRE, IFMA, and ISSA.
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