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Cleaning KPI examples: choose what to measure

Cleaning KPIs are measures used to track whether the agreed service is being delivered. Compare 37 examples from 9 contributing UK public source packs covering quality, completed work and reporting. Each explains what the source shows and suggests a question for your next contractor review.

Which cleaning KPIs should I choose?

There is no universal cleaning KPI set or target for every office. Start with the questions that match the service you have agreed: is the building ready at opening, are urgent requests closed within the agreed time, is scheduled work recorded as complete, and what do complaints show once a change in reporting is taken into account? The examples below show the record behind each question and its limit. Set any target or deadline in your own agreement.

What each record can — and cannot — show

A published requirement says what should happen; a performance report says what was reported. Check the record type and source before using an example. These figures are source-specific, not default targets for your building.

Different records answer different questions
Existing library exampleThe record can help answerThe record does not establish
Planned deep-clean completionWhether planned work was recorded as complete by its scheduled date.Whether the physical result met the agreed cleaning standard.
Cleaning shifts coveredWhether required shifts were recorded as covered.Whether the cleaning result met the agreed standard.
Complaint learningWhether the complaint record shows recurring issues or a change in complaint capture.That a change in complaint count, on its own, proves cleaning improved or deteriorated.
Satisfaction responsesWhat responding users reported about their experience.A representative view of all users or an independent measurement of cleanliness.
Example 23 of 37: What records should we bring to the review?

What records should we bring to the review?

This published requirement brings together inspections, work delivered, invoices, complaints, improvements, service changes and incidents.

Records used
The relevant reports and records for regular contract reviews.
What this doesn’t establish
It lists the information to discuss but gives no fixed meeting interval or pass mark.

Our suggested review question

Do we have the records behind each issue, the contractor’s response and the previous agreed actions?
Read the original source

UK Debt Management Office

A published requirement: this describes what is expected, not an achieved result.

Source details and full wording

Published requirement — not observed performance.

Full example

Formal reviews join monitoring, inspections, invoices versus delivery, complaints, improvement, service changes and incidents

Record type: Contract requirement Mechanism: Review governance Cadence: Periodic or regular; exact interval unstated Evidence owner: Contractor account team and DMO Evidence record: Reports, inspections, invoices, complaints, improvement and incident records Threshold or trigger: No fixed public interval or pass threshold Published consequence: Unresolved failures can enter contractual remedies Why this may help an FM: Use a joined evidence set in formal contract reviews Important limitation: Defines the review data model, not pass or fail thresholds

Cleaning Services DMO277 statement and signed call-off

Source pack: S05 Published or source date: 2019-09 to 2019-11 Jurisdiction and setting: UK Debt Management Office Exact locator: Statement of Requirements 12.2-12.4, pp9-10

Reference: DMO-02