[summers rest]

have recently been asked to tender for a large office/manufacturing company and they have asked for a price per square metre for plastic floor stripping and polishing.
I would normally quote a price for the complete job but these guys seem to want different areas doing 2-3 times per year.
can anyone give me a clue.
Have nailed the office and routine maintenance just don't want to lose a 60+ hour pw contract by getting this wrong any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Paul

[Jonny jones]

hi

i would price it at £5 per meter square,  but thats me

good luck

thanx jonny

[trevor perry]

 a lot can depend on how dirty the floor is and also if their is a heavy build up of polish etc. me personally think that £5 a metre is a little steep especially if you are concerned over losing the 60 hours work you already do for them.
  to give you an example of an area i did this week it measured 20 metres by 10 metres so thats 200 square metres it had a lot of furniture to move and i spent over 1 and half hours removing chewing gum alone (it was a student canteen they dont know what bins are for) it cost about £30 for chemicals etc and i finished it on my own in the day i charged £250 this only works out at £1.25 a metre and a lot will say i was too cheap but i do fairish of work for them and knew if they shopped round wouldnt find many much cheaper.
   p.s i was happy with £220 for myself after paying for materials and dont think i could of justified £1000 for one days work which is what £5 a metre would of been.

[summers rest]

Thanks for your comments guys.
To give you an idea of size we are looking at approx 5 areas of around 300 sq m's each and although I would love to charge £7500 three times a year I don't think I would get away with it.
Thinking about going in at £1.75. Still not sure though!!
Paul

[ZampaWall]

around £1.40 per sq mtr.

[d s windowcleaning]

hi guys not much of a expert on this , but i had my kitchen floor done last year and was chareged £2.50 per mtr if thats any help .

[Gerry Styles]

£2 - £4 is reasonable considering you are on site already

[drive surgeon]

seems ok to me.