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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 1 of 37: Was the building ready before staff arrived?

Was the building ready before staff arrived?

This government contract template requires agreed areas to meet the cleaning standard before the working day.

Records used
Supplier checks, a performance report and supporting customer records. The daily result feeds into a monthly performance measure.
What this doesn’t establish
The customer must set the actual target, how checks work and how much each measure counts. This template contains no completed results.

Our suggested review question

What records show that our agreed cleaning standard was met before staff arrived?
Read the original source

Crown Commercial Service (now Government Commercial Agency)

A contract template: this describes a requirement, not an achieved result.

Source details and full wording

Published framework model — buyer values were unset and this is not observed performance.

Read with care: Framework template: operative buyer values are unset.

Full example

Opening-time cleanliness: all areas meet the agreed cleaning standard before the working day begins

Record type: Framework requirement Mechanism: Outcome standard Cadence: Daily outcome; monthly KPI entry Evidence owner: Supplier monitors; buyer verifies Evidence record: Supplier monitoring, performance report, buyer supporting documents Threshold or trigger: Call-off buyer sets the operative target Published consequence: Possible KPI credits, ratcheted deductions, rectification plan and persistent-failure default Why this may help an FM: Decide whether the building is reliably ready at opening Important limitation: Unpopulated framework model; each buyer must set weights and verification detail

RM6232 Facilities Management and Workplace Services framework pack

Source pack: S01 Published or source date: 2023-11-22 to 2023-12-14 file metadata Jurisdiction and setting: UK central government Exact locator: KPI_Measures table 4 row 115; Specification 77.1.1 and 78.2-78.5; Schedule 14 parts A-B

Reference: GCA-01

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