Commercial Cleaning Contracts in Surrey & the Lower Mainland
What is in a commercial cleaning contract?
A cleaning contract is only as good as the scope attached to it. Ours sets out every area, every task and how often each one happens, so there is nothing to argue about later. If a task is not written down, it is not in the price, and you should expect that from any contractor you consider.
GTB Pro Cleaning writes the scope after walking your building, not before. We look at floor types, washroom count, kitchen and lunchroom use, entrance traffic, security procedures and the hours we can work. The quote that follows is built from the hours that scope actually needs.
- The areas covered, room by room or zone by zone
- The tasks in each area, and how often each one is done
- Nightly, weekly, monthly and periodic work, listed separately
- Who supplies paper, soap, liners and sanitizer
- The hours our crew is on site, and access or alarm procedures
- How supervisors inspect, and how often they attend
- What happens when something is missed, and in what timeframe
- The term, the notice period and how a price review works
Contract types we take on
Most buildings in Surrey and the Lower Mainland fall into one of these arrangements. Each is quoted the same way: hours on site, written scope, supervisor inspections.
- Nightly janitorial contracts for offices and multi-tenant buildings
- Weekly or three-nights-a-week contracts for smaller sites
- Day porter contracts for buildings that need daytime cover
- Strata and property management contracts across a portfolio
- Public-sector and institutional contracts with tender documentation
- Periodic-only agreements for floor care, windows or exterior washing
- One-time projects such as post-construction cleaning
Term, notice and price reviews
A twelve-month term with a thirty-day notice period is the norm in this market, and it is what we offer. You are not locked into a multi-year agreement to get a fair price, and we do not ask for one, because a contract that is hard to leave is usually a contract that stops being inspected.
Prices are reviewed annually, in writing, before any change takes effect. If your use of the building changes, say a floor is sublet or your headcount grows, we re-walk the site and reprice the affected areas rather than quietly stretching the same hours across more work.
What a cleaning contract costs
Pricing comes from hours, not guesswork: the size and type of the space, how often we attend, the floor types and washroom count, the hours required and any periodic work. Our commercial cleaning cost guide sets out the typical ranges in the Lower Mainland and what moves a quote up or down.
When you compare two contracts, compare the hours behind them. Two quotes for the same building that differ by a third almost always differ in time on site, and that is the part your staff will notice by month three.
Changing cleaning contractors
Switching is routine and does not need a gap in service. We agree a start date that lines up with the end of your current notice period, walk the building before the first shift, confirm access, keys, alarm codes and security sign-in, and have a supervisor on site for the first clean.
If your current contractor leaves at short notice, say so when you call. We can often cover a building within a week, and we will tell you honestly if we cannot staff it properly rather than taking it on and under-serving you.