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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 24 of 37: Can we verify the contractor’s performance report?

Can we verify the contractor’s performance report?

This published requirement asks the supplier for monitoring tools and information detailed enough for the customer to check the agreed service levels.

Records used
Supplier checks, reports and supporting records, supplied during the service cycle or on request.
What this doesn’t establish
Not every target or payment deduction is public, so the published clauses do not give a complete scoring system.

Our suggested review question

Can we trace the reported result back to records that show whether our agreed service level was met?
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

The supplier must implement monitoring tools and management information detailed enough for the buyer to verify SLA compliance

Record type: Signed contract requirement Mechanism: Evidence verifiability Cadence: Continuous or SLA cycle; on-request reporting Evidence owner: Supplier produces monitoring information; DMO verifies Evidence record: Supplier measurement tools, reports and management information Threshold or trigger: Sufficient detail to verify SLA compliance Published consequence: Service credits, re-performance, replacement service or termination can apply Why this may help an FM: Test whether the supplier can make its own SLA performance verifiable Important limitation: Not every SLA value or credit amount is public

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: Call-off 7.1-7.2 and 9.1-9.4, pp31-33

Reference: DMO-03

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