Commercial cleaning contracts Minnesota janitorial companies can bid on
Minnesota cleaning work clusters in the Twin Cities: downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul offices, suburban corporate parks in Eden Prairie and Bloomington, Rochester medical campuses, and state and county buildings across the metro. Janitorial sends you the commercial and public-sector requests inside the area you cover, each one with a bid price already calculated.
Price a Minnesota cleaning bid before the walkthrough
Start with the numbers, whether the building is a Minneapolis office floor or a suburban corporate campus. Enter the cleanable square footage, the facility type and how many nights a week the buyer wants service, and the estimator returns labor hours per visit, crew size and a monthly price range with supplies, overhead and margin on separate lines. No account needed.
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Price per sq ft0.326 USD
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Note on the estimate
The estimate uses general industry ranges for commercial cleaning production rates and wages. On the Pro plan you set your own production rates and wage rates per area, and every price in your account uses them.
Proposal preview
Scope of work
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Full PDF proposals with your logo are part of every plan.
The commercial cleaning market in Minnesota
Minnesota contracts cluster around a few regions, and each buys cleaning differently.
- Minneapolis and St. Paul: downtown towers, skyway-connected offices and mid-rise buildings. Buyers are property managers who rebid every few years.
- Suburban Twin Cities: Eden Prairie, Bloomington, Plymouth and Maple Grove corporate parks, medical buildings and light-industrial front offices.
- Rochester: large medical campuses and clinic buildings with strict schedules.
- Duluth, St. Cloud and Mankato: hospitals, colleges, school districts and city and county buildings.
Office towers and corporate parks are the volume accounts, and they often bundle restrooms, break rooms and day porter hours into one package. Medical space pays more per square foot and adds a stricter schedule, covered on our medical office cleaning contracts page.
Public-sector buyers in Minnesota and how they buy
Minnesota public work runs through several separate doors.
- State agencies post solicitations through the state's procurement system, and you register as a supplier before you can respond.
- Hennepin and Ramsey counties, Minneapolis, St. Paul, school districts and universities also keep their own vendor registration and bid pages, so registering in one system does not cover the others.
- Federal buildings post custodial services on SAM.gov under NAICS 561720. Our guide to winning government cleaning contracts covers the registration steps. On Growth and higher, Janitorial matches public-sector requests to your area.
Office cleaning contracts Minnesota property managers put out to bid
Downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul buildings usually want nightly service with a day porter for lobbies and restrooms, while suburban office parks more often bid three to five nights a week. A property manager with several buildings along one corridor will often bid them as a package.
Janitorial shows square footage, frequency, service hours when the buyer gives them and the bid due date on every request, so you can see in a minute whether a building fits your crews. More on the contract type on our office cleaning contracts page.
Pricing a cleaning bid in Minnesota
Labor is the biggest line, and in Minnesota it depends on the city. The statewide minimum wage is 11.41 USD an hour in 2026, while Minneapolis sets 16.37 USD for all employers and St. Paul sets 16.37 USD for large employers, with smaller employers phasing up on the city schedule. A crew that cleans in Minneapolis and in Rochester does not cost the same, so price each building at the wage you pay in that location plus payroll burden. Check the current city rates before you lock a multi-year price.
Minnesota also requires workers' compensation coverage and earned sick and safe time, so build those into the labor line, not overhead.
The janitorial bid calculator builds the price from square footage, facility type, frequency, supplies, overhead and your margin. For Minnesota bids, also price:
- Winter floor care. Salt and slush tracked into entries from November to March means walk-off mats, extra mopping and more frequent hard-floor work.
- Skyway and parking access in downtown buildings, which adds time to night routes.
- Travel time between buildings when you bundle sites along the I-494 and I-694 loop.
- Badging, background checks and safety orientation on school, hospital and government sites.
On Pro, you set your own production rates and wage rates per area, so a Minneapolis bid and a Rochester bid each use the right numbers.
How Janitorial covers Minnesota
You cover Minnesota one metro at a time. A service area is up to 25 miles around the ZIP code you choose. Starter covers one area, Growth three (for example Minneapolis, St. Paul and Rochester), Pro ten, and Enterprise has no limit, with territory management for franchise systems. Growth adds the public-sector feed for cities, counties, school districts and federal agencies.
Looking for janitorial bids near me rather than a whole state? Set one ZIP and a radius, and the feed shows only the open bids your crews can reach.
Questions about commercial cleaning contracts in Minnesota
Where are Minnesota cleaning contracts posted?
State agencies post through the state procurement system. Counties, cities, universities and school districts also keep their own pages, and federal custodial work is on SAM.gov. Janitorial collects the public requests in your area on Growth and higher.
How do I get commercial cleaning contracts in Minnesota?
Register for public work with the state and on SAM.gov, then put your company in front of property managers in one metro. Janitorial shortens the second part: buyers post cleaning jobs, and the requests in your service area reach you priced, so you can bid the same day.
How much should I charge for commercial cleaning in Minnesota?
Build the price from labor hours, not a flat rate per square foot. The 2026 statewide minimum wage is 11.41 USD, Minneapolis is 16.37 USD, and your price must also cover payroll burden, workers' compensation, supplies, overhead and margin. The bid calculator shows each of those lines for your building.
Can one service area cover Minneapolis and Rochester?
No. They are about 80 miles apart and a service area reaches up to 25 miles around one ZIP code. Growth includes three areas, which fits Minneapolis, St. Paul and Rochester.
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