Why outsourcing the cleaning of your offices?

Nowadays, more and more small companies and large groups delegate the cleaning of their premises to external service providers. However, this is a task usually managed internally.

What are the advantages for these companies of outsourcing the cleaning of their offices?
How does it work?
Through this article, find the answers to the questions you are asking yourself on this subject.
What are the advantages of outsourcing the cleaning of your business premises?
Still hesitating to delegate your company's cleaning services to an external service provider?

Here are some reasons why outsourcing is a good solution:
• Going through an external service provider for cleaning your premises is a way to optimize your salary budget. In fact, you will save staff costs since you will no longer have to hire staff for this task. You will also realize significant savings since you will not have to invest in specific equipment as well as in the regular purchase of cleaning products.
• Signing up for a cleaning contract with an outside company also allows you to refocus on the core of your activities. If your surface technician is on sick leave, for example, your premises will not remain dirty until he recovers and returns to work. By working with an external service provider, you will have a cleaning agent available to you regularly and without interruption all year round.
• Outsourcing the cleaning of your premises also allows you to benefit from real expertise in the field. Indeed, the agents of cleaning companies were specifically for their job. Also, they have qualified know-how. You will therefore be guaranteed a job well done.
• You benefit from a service that meets your expectations since a cleaning company generally offers tailor-made offers. You can, for example, let them know your requirements regarding the duration of cleaning, intervention hours, surfaces to be cleaned, the use of environmentally friendly cleaning products, etc

What services can a cleaning company offer you?
If you use a cleaning company, you can take advantage of several services such as:
• The maintenance of your office premises and common rooms including dusting and vacuuming of furniture and floor, but also emptying of trash.
• Washing windows and bay windows.
• Cleaning and disinfection of sanitary facilities.
• The supply and replacement of consumables such as toilet paper, light bulbs and many more.
• Maintenance of green spaces or cleaning of the car park.
An external cleaning company can also take care of specific tasks such as:
• End of site cleaning.
• Taking care of bulky items before or after a business move.
• Cleaning of graffiti.
• Post-water damage or fire cleaning.

What about computer hardware security?
Worried about the security of your IT equipment?
Is that also the reason why you hesitate to delegate the cleaning of your premises to an external company? This is entirely legitimate on your part since computer equipment is expensive and essential for staff when it is very fragile. You have nothing to worry about since cleaning agents have been specifically trained for their job.
To clean computer screens, keyboards, mice and CPUs, they will use, for example, specific disinfectant wipes or a soft, damp cloth.
For keypad interstices, officers can use a battery-powered vacuum cleaner with a fine nozzle. Obviously, these professionals will not dismantle your central units to clean them. Some of them use an air bomb to get rid of the dust that lodges outside. And of course, they will take care to shut down all the computers before getting down to work.

Do cleaning companies use specific equipment?
The answer is yes. To be efficient and quick with each intervention, professional cleaning agents use quality equipment such as:
• The scrubber-drier for vacuuming, washing and drying both floors and stairs.
• The monobrush to clean, strip, polish and polish the floors at the same time.
• The cleaning trolley fitted with rollers to simplify the transport of cleaning equipment to all rooms. It can contain brooms, rags, sponges, cleaning products, buckets and garbage cans.
• The steam cleaner or the high-pressure cleaner to carry out in-depth cleaning of the floors and walls of office premises, but also of craft workshops.
• The vacuum cleaner: depending on the needs on each site, cleaning professionals can bring a classic vacuum cleaner or a specific model such as sawdust, ash, asbestos, water, etc.

Use specifications for the external cleaning service provider: recommended or not?
Of course, the use of specifications is essential since it is an excellent way to remind your service provider of his obligation of result. Define in it all the tasks that will have to be carried out, the intervention hours, the cost of each service, the details of each room to be cleaned, etc.

To avoid unpleasant surprises, it is advisable to organize a visit to your business premises before the first intervention, then show him the specifications that you have established. In this way, the service provider will be able to tell you from the start whether or not she is able to comply with this obligation of result.