Details of the Jan Bid

Estimating Software

An exclusive feature of Jan Bid is that you can instantly adjust the cleaning times for each and every building.  Experienced contractors know that buildings are different, with individual cleaning needs and conditions.  You will have three building survey forms, including a Cleaning Variable rating scale for seven major cleaning variables.

When you make your building walk-through, you simply fill out the forms. The scoring system asks for a rating of each item on a scale of either 1-30, 1-10 or 1-3.  The total score for the Cleaning Variable survey is entered into the Jan Bid worksheet as a Difficulty Factor.

The Difficulty Factor automatically adjusts the cleaning times accordingly.  The Difficulty Factor entered will calculate the cleaning times at the following minutes per thousand or square feet cleaned per hour.

Difficulty Factor    Min. per thousand   Sq. ft per hour

        1                           30                      2,000

        .9                          27                      2,200

        .8                          24                      2,500

        .7                          21                      2,857

        .6                          18                      3,333

        .5                          15                      4,000

        .4                          12                      5,000

If extra duties are requested such as cleaning microwaves, removing everything from desks to polish or sweeping outside walks, etc. the difficulty level can be increased above one.  For example, by entering 1.5 in the Difficulty Factor box, the cleaning time would jump to 45 min. per thousand or 1,500 square feet per hour.

Note: The Difficulty Factor is highly accurate.  It calcultes to the hundreth position.  For example .73 might be a typical score for a large building.

Rest room cleaning times are calculated by entering the square footage of the restrooms and number of fixtures such as sinks, mirrors, urinals, commodes and partitions.  Jan Bid asks for a Difficulty Factor score for restrooms. Each building can be scored depending upon light, medium or heavy cleaning demands.

Again, the survey forms will allow even a novice to pinpoint all the required cleaning activities. Several hundred buildings have been entered into the software to check the accuracy of the cleaning times.

You can enter the data collected from your building survey in just a couple of minutes.  Instantly view the Jan Bid labor calculations and monthly costs.

Another exclusive feature of Jan Bid is the ability to bid on a nightly complete cleaning or submit a bid for a partial clean and/or trash pick up only.  If a prospect requires a low monthly price, you can submit the cost for partial (spot) cleaning and trash pick up only, in addition to a complete clean.

The partial clean reflects a 25% labor reduction and trash pick up reflects a 50% labor reduction.  So even by reducing your price, you still earn a significant hourly salary for doing less work.  You can choose any frequency your customer desires such as a complete clean twice a week, a partial clean twice a week and a trash only once a week.  Personalize your bid - the software does all the calculations for you.

Jan Bid asks you to enter the travel time to and from the account and then adds an additional hour per month for administrative and paperwork time.  What a great software system.  You can be right on the money every time!  Now you have a definite advantage over your competitors.

The instructions include samples from actual buildings. Software cleaning times were compared with actual labor records to ensure accuracy.  Jan Bid takes the guesswork out of bidding.  No more need to bump up pricing to cover the unknown and then lose the contract.