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Writing a Janitorial RFP That Vendors in New Jersey Can Actually Bid Fairly

From traffic maps to product constraints and inspection standards: how to issue an RFP that returns apples-to-apples proposals for schools, office, and mixed-use in NJ.

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A thin RFP generates thin proposals. When you invite Global Cleaning USA to bid, we will ask the obvious questions a spreadsheet skips: your 6 p.m. event cadence, your 'no bleach in this zone' line, and the fact that your loading dock is the real employee entrance. New Jersey public-sector and institutional RFPs often need compliance language your lease already hints at. The path to apples-to-apples bids is: hours, access, a week-in-the-life narrative, a product constraint list, and one named inspection standard.

Attach a week-in-the-life narrative

A Tuesday with two board subcommittees, a parents' group walk-through, and a late bus delivery is not a generic Tuesday. If you describe it, bidders can staff reality. If you do not, you will award on price, then pay change orders in frustration.

Separate consumables, equipment, and labor clearly

  • State who buys tissue and towel; who stocks dispensers; how emergency stock is funded.
  • Name floor equipment expectations (ride scrubber vs. walk behind) and who maintains batteries.
  • Name snow-event expectations if public entries touch municipal walks.

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