Janitorial Services

The U.S. Department of State is seeking a contractor to provide janitorial services for the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, The Bahamas. The contract will be for a one-year period with four optional one-year periods. The contractor will be responsible for providing all necessary janitorial supplies and equipment, as well as performing daily, periodic, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual cleaning requirements. The contractor must also provide a transition plan and maintain written records of work performed. • Daily cleaning requirements include sweeping, dusting, vacuuming, and cleaning of toilets, bathrooms, and kitchens. • Periodic cleaning requirements include polishing brass surfaces, dusting tops of furniture, and spot cleaning baseboards and walls. • Monthly cleaning requirements include cleaning major appliances and wiping window blinds. • Quarterly cleaning requirements include washing windows, removing and washing window blinds, and shampooing carpets. • Semi-annual cleaning requirements include stripping wax coats, spot checking sealer coats, and completely reapplying wax coats. • Annual cleaning requirements include stripping wax coats and seal coats to the bare floor surface and cleaning gutters and downspouts.