Output specifications, staff transfer and why labour cost is mostly fixed
Cleaning contracts are written one of two ways and the difference changes everything a bidder does. An input specification states how many hours are worked, where and when, and the supplier is paid to provide them. An output specification states the standard a space must reach and leaves the method to the supplier, with inspection against the standard deciding payment. Buyers have moved toward output specifications, which rewards bidders who can demonstrate a credible staffing model and punishes those who simply quote fewer hours to win.
Labour is the overwhelming majority of the cost and much of it is not within the bidder's control. Where an incumbent workforce exists, employment protection commonly transfers the existing staff on their existing terms, so the bid is built on a payroll the bidder inherits rather than designs. Applicable wage floors, and increasingly a contractual commitment to a voluntary living wage, set the rest. The realistic levers are productivity, supervision ratios, equipment and materials -- which is why method statements and proposed cleaning schedules are scored seriously rather than filed.
Several requirements sit outside cleaning itself. Staff working in schools, healthcare and secure sites require background checks and sometimes clearance before they attend. Materials must be accompanied by safety data sheets and used under a documented control regime, with environmental criteria on products and packaging now frequently scored. Specialist frequencies -- periodic deep cleans, window and high-level work, carpet and floor treatment, washroom consumables and waste -- are priced separately from the daily service, and a bid that folds them into an hourly rate is usually not comparing like with like.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys facilities and cleaning in Colombia?
GlobalGov holds 245 facilities and cleaning records from 126 distinct buying organisations in Colombia. The most frequent publishers are Institución Universitaria Colegio Mayor de Antioquia (17 records); Inder Envigado1 (13 records); Municipio de Santa Rosa-Bolivar (11 records); Instituto de Deportes y Recreacion de Medellin (9 records); Empresa de Servicios Publicos de Acueducto, Alcantarillado y Aseo de Suaita S.A E.S.P (8 records); Empresa Regional Aguas DEL Tequendama S.A. E.S.P. (6 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 26% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Institución Universitaria Colegio Mayor de Antioquia | 17 | 6.9% |
| Inder Envigado1 | 13 | 5.3% |
| Municipio de Santa Rosa-Bolivar | 11 | 4.5% |
| Instituto de Deportes y Recreacion de Medellin | 9 | 3.7% |
| Empresa de Servicios Publicos de Acueducto, Alcantarillado y Aseo de Suaita S.A E.S.P | 8 | 3.3% |
| Empresa Regional Aguas DEL Tequendama S.A. E.S.P. | 6 | 2.4% |
What are facilities and cleaning contracts worth in Colombia?
245 of the 245 records publish a contract value. The median is $2,421 and the largest single published value is $314,627. By size, 240 under $100k, 5 between $100k and $1M. The remaining 0 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 240 | 98% |
| between $100k and $1M | 5 | 2.0% |
| between $1M and $10M | 0 | 0.0% |
| above $10M | 0 | 0.0% |
How long do bidders get to respond to facilities and cleaning tenders in Colombia?
Across the 210 Colombia facilities and cleaning notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 106 days. A quarter of them allowed 85 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 209. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 1 (0.5%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are facilities and cleaning tenders published in Colombia?
Colombia published 16 notices in this category in the last twelve months. That is 36% fewer than the 25 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 236, spread across 27 separate months of activity since 23 February 2022. January is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 30 March 2026, 185 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Colombia compare with other facilities and cleaning markets?
Among the 37 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable facilities and cleaning market, Colombia ranks 18th by number of records. The largest is France (3,120 records against 245 here). Within Colombia itself, facilities and cleaning is the 20th largest of the 77 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Colombia facilities and cleaning records on this page come from?
These 245 records are collected from 2 official sources: SECOP II (189), SECOP II (56). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent Facilities and Cleaning tenders in Colombia
No individual notice in this category currently has a public record page. The market figures above are computed over all 245 records GlobalGov holds for it.
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