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EDUCATION EXAMPLE

School cleaning is a night takeoff, not a daytime headcount.

This example is a small elementary wing: twelve classrooms, student restrooms, cafeteria and a gym, about 21 visits a month. Event nights and closures will change the visit count. Demonstration inputs only.

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WORKED EXAMPLE · ILLUSTRATIVE INPUTS

Small school · weeknight cleaning

Illustrative elementary wing: twelve classrooms, restrooms, cafeteria and a gym. Night work and event schedules change monthly visits. Demonstration inputs only.

TaskQtyMinutesFrequency
Classroom floors, boards and bins129Each visit
Student restroom416Each visit
Cafeteria after service140Each visit
Office and nurse suite120Each visit
Gym dust mop and spot clean135Weekly
ResultAmount
Visits in an average month21.00
Paid person-hours93.18
Loaded hourly labor cost$25.60
Labor$2,385.35
Supplies, equipment and overhead$560.00
Complete entered cost$2,945.35
Target price at 20% margin$3,681.69

Replace every input. SweepTally does not supply local market prices.

Classrooms are units; restrooms are the spike

Nine minutes a classroom is only honest if that is what you timed with the furniture and flooring you actually have. Restrooms after lunch service are a different task than an office restroom. Time both.

Calendars are part of the scope

Summer deep cleans, weekend events and weather closures do not match a flat 21-visit month. Use the renewal calculator when actual nights diverge from the bid.

Common questions

Is this a K-12 production-rate standard?

No. It is one arithmetic example. Districts often have their own specifications.

Can a school district use SweepTally to hire vendors?

You can [find participating companies](/find-a-cleaner) and send the same bid packet to each. SweepTally does not award the contract.

Are gym floors a specialist job?

Sometimes. If a wood-floor vendor owns finishes, exclude that from the nightly takeoff and say so.

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