Questions

Questions and answers

Straight answers about surveys, starting, checks, cover and coverage. If yours is not here, ask it through the contact page.

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Getting started

How do I get a price?
Book a site survey. We walk the building with you, usually for about an hour, and you get a written plan setting out tasks and frequencies, area by area. The price is built on that plan.
Is the site survey free?
Yes. It takes about an hour, and the written plan is yours to keep whether or not you go on to work with Acies. There is no obligation attached to it.
We are running a tender. How do we involve Acies?
Request a proposal. Tell us about the site and how you buy, and we will put together something your evaluation can use.
How soon can you start?
We agree a start date with you once the site plan is signed off. Taking a site on covers the team, induction on your site, access and keys, and storage, and we would rather agree a date we can keep than promise one before we have seen the building.
Can you take over from our current contractor?
Yes. Mobilisation covers recruiting or transferring the team and inducting them on your site, with tighter checks in the first weeks. The stages are on how Acies works.

How the service runs

Who checks the cleaning?
Your site supervisor checks the site on every visit, against its site plan, and records what they find as notes rather than a score. You get a written report every month. More on quality assurance.
What happens if something is not right?
Raise it once, with your named contact. It is recorded like any finding from our own checks, and the fix is actioned by your site supervisor. If the same thing keeps coming back, the plan is wrong and we change it.
What happens when a cleaner is off sick or on holiday?
Everyone works to the same written plan and the same order of work, so cover follows the same plan as the regular crew rather than working from memory.
Can the plan change as our building changes?
Yes. The site plan is reviewed against what the building actually is now, and when the plan changes, the written plan changes with it.
Do you look after washroom consumables?
Yes. Washroom services cover cleaning, restocking and checking, with consumables managed rather than just reported.
Can you clean during the working day?
Yes, where the site needs it. Daytime cleaning gives visible cover during working hours.

Vetting and insurance

Can your staff be DBS checked?
Yes. If your site needs DBS-checked staff, tell us at the survey and we will accommodate it.
Are you insured?
Yes. Acies holds fully comprehensive insurance, and certificates are available on request.

Coverage and fit

Where do you work?
London, East Sussex, West Sussex and Surrey, including East Sussex: Brighton & Hove, Eastbourne, Lewes and Hastings; West Sussex: Worthing, Crawley, Chichester and Horsham; Surrey: Reigate & Redhill, Epsom and Guildford. See locations. If your building is elsewhere, tell us where and we will say honestly whether we can cover it.
What kinds of workplace do you clean?
Offices and coworking spaces are the core of what Acies does; see sectors. If your workplace is something else, tell us about it when you book a survey.
Is there anything you do not take on?
Yes: domestic and residential cleaning; nurseries and early-years settings; pubs, bars and nightclubs; one-off jobs too small to run properly as a recurring service; specialist work requiring separate accreditation, which is referred on rather than attempted.
Do you do one-off cleans?
Deep cleaning covers periodic resets and mobilisation cleans. One-off jobs too small to run properly as a recurring service are not something Acies takes on.

Getting in touch

What is the quickest way to reach you?
What do you do with my details?
Only what you would expect: respond to your enquiry and prepare for the visit. The privacy notice sets out what we collect, why, and how long we keep it.

See what your site actually needs

A site survey takes about an hour. We walk the building with you, record the pressure points and give you a written plan with task frequencies — whether or not you go on to work with Acies.