561720: Janitorial Services
Firms providing general cleaning of building interiors on a contract basis register under this code.
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NAICS 561720 in numbers
Everything behind these numbers for NAICS 561720
- Every buying office that awarded in this code, ranked by what they spent
- Every vendor that won, resolved to one record per business
- Every award back to FY2001, searchable and exportable
- Contracts ending soon, scored for how open the next round looks
- Every open notice on this code, with the buyer history beside it
The numbers above are open to anybody. The organized record behind them is what a plan pays for: every award, every buyer, every vendor, cleaned, resolved and read again every night.
Open right now under NAICS 561720
122 open notices right now, 16 closing within seven days. The newest 5:
| Posted | Notice | Buyer | NAICS | Set-aside | Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | Housekeeping Services – FermilabSolicitation · IL | FERMILAB - DOE CONTRACTOR | 561720 | SBA | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | N4008019D0306 Regional 8(a) Custodial ServicesJustification | NAVFACSYSCOM WASHINGTON | 561720 | not stated | |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Custodial Services for IN075(MS:032 and 036)Combined Synopsis/Solicitation | W6QM MICC FT MCCOY (RC) | 561720 | SDVOSBC | Nov 2, 2026 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Mt Shasta-McCloud Ranger Districts JanitorialCombined Synopsis/Solicitation · Mount Shasta CA | Shasta-Trinity National Forest | 561720 | SBA | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | S201--Sources Sought Notice -Janitorial Services for Richmond National Cemetery and Satellite CemeteriesSources Sought · Richmond VA | NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMIN (36C786) | 561720 | SDVOSBC | Oct 14, 2026 |
What this code covers
561720 covers general interior cleaning of buildings: custodial services, window cleaning and specialised cleaning delivered as a service rather than as part of a wider facilities contract. Cleaning delivered as one line of an integrated facility operation is coded to 561210 instead.
This is one of the most accessible federal markets for a genuinely small firm. The barrier is not capital or clearance, it is the ability to staff reliably at a government site under a wage determination and to document what you did.
What federal buyers typically ask for
The Service Contract Act applies and the wage determination is the price. A janitorial bid is close to a pure labor calculation against a published rate, which means the bidders are competing on productivity assumptions, supervision ratio and overhead rather than on a secret number. Under-bidding the labor is the commonest way a firm wins one of these and then fails it.
Expect a performance work statement with measurable standards, a quality control plan of your own, and a surveillance plan with deductions for missed standards. Sustainable or green cleaning requirements appear on many federal solicitations, specifying certified products and sometimes certified processes, and they are a pass or fail item where they appear.
A very large share of this work is set aside for small business, and much of it is awarded under the AbilityOne programme, which is a mandatory source: work on the procurement list has to be bought from the designated nonprofit agency rather than competed. Checking whether a requirement is on that list before pursuing it saves real time.
Product and service codes that often pair with this NAICS
| Code | What it is | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| S201 | Custodial and janitorial services | The main class, and it dominates this code. |
| S214 | Carpet laying and cleaning services | Specialist cleaning bought separately. |
| S299 | Other housekeeping services | Cleaning the buyer did not classify. |
| S216 | Facilities operations support services | When cleaning is a line in a larger contract. |
Almost everything in this code carries one product and service class, which makes the buying office and the place of performance the filters that matter.
Before you bid
Check the AbilityOne procurement list before you spend time on a requirement. Work on that list is bought from a designated source rather than competed, and it is not always obvious from the notice.
Related reading
- For small businessThe accessible end of the federal market.
- OpportunitiesEvery notice in your code and place.
- Your first 90 daysA plan you can run alongside commercial work.
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