Post by Kevin on Oct 4, 2008 10:53:53 GMT -5
Dear Kevin,
First let me say thank you and I am astounded by the amount of free information provided by IJCSA. I have been an active reader now for days and have obtained insurance through Allen Financial, and mailed in my membership application awaiting approval.
My main question is: What paperwork should I use to bid small accounts that my wife and myself can handle as a team?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You,
XXXXXX
Dear XXXXXX,
Welcome aboard and good job on getting insurance. First steps in the right direction. I think one of the main complications anyone starting a service is getting over the large contract lawyerism.
Now what I mean by this is that most of the starting service providers think that some of the first contracts they get are going to get will be ten`s of thousands of dollars a year or even hundreds of thousands... Which in most cases does not happen.
A second kudos to you on wanting to take on small jobs to start with, because in most cases your first janitorial contracts are going to be in the $250-$1000 range monthly. Some examples may be small offices, doctors offices, dental offices, small retail, insurance offices...etc.
Now my advice to new service providers is keep it simple, and you have to go out on alot of walk-thrus bidding jobs to get jobs. Don`t complicate the process with alot of messy paperwork.
This link- Click here -is still the most common cleaning proposal we use.It was modified by the printer to a carbon copy version from the standard cleaning proposal -located here
As you can see by clicking the link for our cleaning proposal, pretty plain jane, and from experience no business owners like lawyers, let alone janitorial owners who act like one. Very simple form outlining service, with a couple ad-ons. Very easy to understand, very quick for submitting proposals on the spot.
Now using a form like this it makes your walk-thru easy & it lets the customer know what they are purchasing. Straight forward and to the point. No legal mumbo jumbo catches. I would also advise that in most smaller situations the first contractor submitting a fair cleaning proposal wins. So the carbon copy version, allows you to complete at the end of your walk-thru.
Best of luck!
More Information: Good Links
Bidding 1.5 million square feet
Big Business Or Small Business
How To Bid commercial cleaning accounts
First let me say thank you and I am astounded by the amount of free information provided by IJCSA. I have been an active reader now for days and have obtained insurance through Allen Financial, and mailed in my membership application awaiting approval.
My main question is: What paperwork should I use to bid small accounts that my wife and myself can handle as a team?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You,
XXXXXX
Dear XXXXXX,
Welcome aboard and good job on getting insurance. First steps in the right direction. I think one of the main complications anyone starting a service is getting over the large contract lawyerism.
Now what I mean by this is that most of the starting service providers think that some of the first contracts they get are going to get will be ten`s of thousands of dollars a year or even hundreds of thousands... Which in most cases does not happen.
A second kudos to you on wanting to take on small jobs to start with, because in most cases your first janitorial contracts are going to be in the $250-$1000 range monthly. Some examples may be small offices, doctors offices, dental offices, small retail, insurance offices...etc.
Now my advice to new service providers is keep it simple, and you have to go out on alot of walk-thrus bidding jobs to get jobs. Don`t complicate the process with alot of messy paperwork.
This link- Click here -is still the most common cleaning proposal we use.It was modified by the printer to a carbon copy version from the standard cleaning proposal -located here
As you can see by clicking the link for our cleaning proposal, pretty plain jane, and from experience no business owners like lawyers, let alone janitorial owners who act like one. Very simple form outlining service, with a couple ad-ons. Very easy to understand, very quick for submitting proposals on the spot.
Now using a form like this it makes your walk-thru easy & it lets the customer know what they are purchasing. Straight forward and to the point. No legal mumbo jumbo catches. I would also advise that in most smaller situations the first contractor submitting a fair cleaning proposal wins. So the carbon copy version, allows you to complete at the end of your walk-thru.
Best of luck!
More Information: Good Links
Bidding 1.5 million square feet
Big Business Or Small Business
How To Bid commercial cleaning accounts
