When you hire a janitorial company, what cleaning services should you expect from them? Every business environment requires a unique cleaning approach. But regardless of the size of your office or business environment, when you hire a janitorial company, they’ll offer similar general cleaning services to make sure your office is absolutely clean. With increasing numbers of professional cleaners in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret and other towns in Kenya you need to set standards and here is a basic work scope for office cleaning services:

Sweeping and Dusting

  1. Lobby and entrance floors to be clean and free of dirt and there should be no dirt remaining in corners, behind doors, or where the dirt is picked up with the dustpan after the sweeping operation.
  2. Gums and other sticky substance should be removed from the area.
  3. Grills and woodwork should be dust-free after dusting.
  4. There will not be any spots or smudges on the wall surfaces, caused by touching the wall with the treated dust cloth.

Polishing and wall spotting

  1. Doorknobs push bars, kick plates, railings, doors and other surfaces should be cleaned and polished to an acceptable luster
  2. Wall surfaces up to a standing height will be free of finger marks, smudges, and other dirt spots of any kinds.

Mopping

  1. Lobby and entrance doors should be free of loose and/or caked dirt
  2. Particles should not be present on overall appearance of cleanliness after the mopping operation.
  3. Walls, baseboards, and other surfaces should be free of watermarks, scars from the cleaning equipment striking the surfaces, and splashing from the cleaning solution and rinse water.
  4. All surfaces should be dry and the corners clean after mopping and polishing.

Trash Removal

  1. All wastepaper baskets will be empty and in place, clean and ready for use.
  2. Liners will be inserted as required.
  3. Waste/paper baskets and shredders shall be empty and clean.

Sweeping or Vacuum Cleaning

  1. There will not be any dirt left in corners, under furniture, or behind doors.
  2. Baseboards, furniture, and equipment will not be disfigured or damaged during the cleaning operation.
  3. There will not be any dirt left where sweepings were picked up.
  4. Furniture and equipment damaged during sweeping will be replaced.
  5. There will be no trash or foreign matter under desks, tables, or chairs.

Dusting

  1. There will not be any dust streaks on desks or other office equipment.
  2. Woodwork, after being properly dusted, will appear bright.
  3. Corners and crevices will be free from any dust.
  4. There will not be any oily spots or smudges on walls, caused by touching
  5. Windowsills, door ledges, door frames, door louvers, window frames, wainscoting, baseboards, columns, and partitions will be free of dust.

Scope of cleaning services

  1. Daily high dusting, sweeping, dump dusting and mopping.
  2. Removing of cobwebs weekly.
  3. Electric fittings to be dusted daily
  4. Daily vacuum cleaning, weekly shampooing and quarterly wet cleaning of carpeted areas
  5. Daily wiping of windows with window cleaning liquid inside and outside. Window grills to be dusted and cleaned daily.
  6. Removing of stains/marks on walls and dump dusting.
  7. Empty and cleaning of dustbins daily in the morning.
  8. Daily dump dusting and polishing as appropriate of Furniture and fittings.
  9. Daily dusting and cleaning as appropriate of office equipment.
  10. Daily Wiping and removing of marks on mirrors.
  11. Daily dump dusting of all guard rails.
  12. Daily dusting and cleaning of all work benches especially in the workshops and labs
  13. Twice a day (morning and afternoon) sweeping and mopping of the lecture rooms
  14. Weekly dump dusting of the gates
  15. Weekly dump dusting of the Charter award monument. Scrubbing to be done monthly.
  16. Monthly dusting and cleaning of the gate superstructure
  17. Daily sweeping of all the parking yards. Scrubbing to be done monthly
  18. Daily sweeping of walkways. Twice a week mopping.
  19. Daily sweeping and mopping of stairs and ramps. Scrubbing to be done weekly
  20. Daily sweeping and mopping of terrazzo floor. Machine scrubbing to be done twice a month.
  21. Daily sweeping and mopping of tiled floor. Scrubbing to be done weekly.
  22. Daily sweeping and mopping of cement floor. Scrubbing to be done weekly.
  23. Daily sweeping and mopping of pasquet floor. Polishing to be done monthly.
  24. Daily dump dusting of concrete and metallic seats

Staff and Hotel Washrooms

Organizations such as hotels, guest house, hospitals will require the following to be done for their staff and clients:

  1. Keep toilets clean, dry and disinfected all the times.
  2. Toilet rolls will be adequately stocked. Spare toilet rolls to be available
  3. Washroom cleaning to be done thrice a day.
  4. Scrub sinks and toilet bowls with scouring powder.
  5. Basins, sinks and urinals must be cleaned with an approved disinfectant daily.
  6. Provide adequate urinal sanitizers /toilet balls to prevent buildup of uric acid and remove bad odor all the time.
  7. Toilet seats and enclosure, piping and water closets should be shiny with no stains.
  8. Underneath basins/sinks to be free from stains, dust and streak marks.
  9. Daily Wiping and removing of marks on mirrors.
  10. Air freshener to be provided in staff and hotel washrooms
  11. Hand wash soap to be available all the times.
  12. Any system failures such as leakages should be reported promptly for repair.
  13. Up to date checklist must be kept in the washrooms.

Student washroom

Schools, colleges, universities can adopt the following for the cleaning service of student washrooms:

  1. Keep toilets clean, dry and disinfected all the times.
  2. Washroom cleaning to be done throughout the day.
  3. Scrub sinks and toilet bowls with scouring powder.
  4. Basins, sinks and urinals must be cleaned with an approved disinfectant daily.
  5. Provide adequate urinal sanitizers /toilet balls to prevent buildup of uric acid and remove bad odor all the time.
  6. Toilet seats and enclosure, piping and water closets should be shiny with no stains.
  7. Underneath basins/sinks to be free from stains, dust and streak marks.
  8. Daily Wiping and removing of marks on mirrors.
  9. Any system failures such as leakages should be reported promptly for repair.
  10. Up to date checklist must be kept in the washrooms.

Bathrooms

  1. Open bathroom ventilation.
  2. Clean and wipe all necessary bathroom fittings to ensure sparkling.
  3. Sweep and the bathroom floor.
  4. Clean the bathroom floor duly and make sure no residue is left behind.
  5. Scrub and finish the platform, bathtub, and basin
  6. Wipe the mirror.
  7. Brush up the shower cubicle properly and wipe it dry
  8. Any system failures such as leakages should be reported promptly for repair.
  9. Up to date checklist must be kept in the bathroom

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