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District review of custodial RFPs: staff recommend contractor that would hire current custodians, replace equipment and offer potential three-year savings
Summary
Operations staff presented RFP results for district custodial services, recommending a contractor that would assume existing custodial staff, provide new equipment and benefits, and offer an estimated multi-year cost reduction. No contract award vote was taken at the meeting.
District operations staff presented the results of a request-for-proposal process for custodial services and recommended outsourcing to a vendor whose proposal included hiring current custodial employees, supplying a new fleet of equipment and offering health and retirement benefits for custodial staff.
Josh Madison, director of operations, told the board the RFP sought both cost and service comparisons and required each proposer to include a new fleet of equipment so bids could be compared on an "apples-to-apples" basis. The district's three-year projection to continue custodial work in-house, with an equipment replacement allowance, was presented as approximately $3,698,009.65. The top-ranked contractor's three-year price in the RFP…
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