The Bidding and Estimating 101-Level Seminar (Monday, November 18, 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. local time) is a seminar designed for leaders and sales professionals (<5 Years Experience) ready to make the leap from residential and specialty cleaning clients to commercial janitorial customers. This 101-level seminar is for individuals to Learn a step-by-step approach for pricing janitorial services for a commercial building.

 Highlights of the session include:

•    Strategies for determining the time it takes to perform specific cleaning tasks. 
•    Best practices for using this information to determine the labor requirements (Micro & Macro) necessary to perform the work set forth in the janitorial specification. 
•    Understanding and computing industry norms of cost factors to determine pricing (Labor Burden, Overhead, Supplies, Equipment & Most importantly, PROFIT)

This seminar is an additional registration cost and does not come included in the one-day pass or full CS24 conference pass.

For contractors and subcontractors providing services to the federal government, compliance with the Service Contract Act or Service Contract Labor Standards is required. Consequences for non-compliance include financial penalties and back wages, withholding of contract funds, and debarment from future contracts—each potentially triggering an audit and investigation by the Department of Labor.   To help contractors comply and avoid these consequences, this session covers key components of the SCA, as well as practical applications to take back to your company.   Learning objectives include SCA fundamentals; fringe benefit considerations; employee classification; application to remote workers; collective bargaining; ancillary executive orders (minimum wage, sick leave, non-displacement) understanding contractual obligations; and price adjustments.

This session will focus on the transition that is occurring as Boomers retire and Millennials are increasingly entering leadership positions both in our workforce and as our clients. This session will aim to address the predominant expectations and preferences of both generations as well as answer the following and similar questions: how do employers attract Millennials without creating an environment that disengages Boomers? How do companies appeal to both Boomers and Millennials in marketing and sales efforts? How do companies communicate with a client base that is divided between Boomers and Millennials? How do companies leverage the strengths of both groups to prepare their business for future? How can leaders make sure the business is prepared to handle Boomer retirements and develop the next generation of leaders?