Janitorial services

The State of South Carolina, specifically Tri-County Technical College (TCTC), is procuring comprehensive janitorial services for eight facilities across multiple campuses, including Pendleton Main Campus, Anderson Campus, Easley Campus, Oconee Campus, and associated Quick Jobs Centers, totaling approximately 612,395 gross square feet. The solicitation requires nighttime cleaning Monday through Thursday after 5:00 PM (completed by 11:00 PM) and Friday afternoon cleaning from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM, with additional daytime porter services at specific campuses. Mandatory qualifications for vendors include five years of experience cleaning buildings over 50,000 square feet in higher education, at least three accounts of 500,000+ square feet in higher education, and current CIMS-GB certification. Contractors must provide three full-time supervisory personnel, maintain a business office within 60 miles of the Pendleton campus, and supply all cleaning equipment and green-certified products. The evaluation criteria will use a best-value approach, weighted at 60 percent for price, 20 percent for approach/methodology, and 20 percent for qualifications and experience. The pre-bid conference and site visits were held on April 23-24, 2019, with questions due by May 1, 2019, and offers due May 29, 2019, at 11:00 AM.

The solicitation does not specify any specific set-aside designations or restrictions for disadvantaged enterprises. The incumbent contractor is ICS Inc., and the current annual contract value is approximately $499,920. The contract structure includes an initial one-year term with four additional one-year renewal options, potentially extending the total contract period to five years beginning June 18, 2019. Wage requirements mandate that cleaning crew be paid $1.25 above state minimum wage, floor crew $2.50 above, and day porters $3.00 above. The contractor must maintain commercial general liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence. Staffing requirements include four day porters at the Pendleton Main Campus and one day porter each at Anderson, Easley, Oconee, and Industrial Technology Center campuses. Tri-County Technical College will provide office space, utilities, computer access, and paper products (towels and toilet paper) to support the contracted janitorial services.