Cleaning and hygiene services provider Quayclean Australia has been awarded a Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle (CDMN) schools contract.
The latest three-year contract in NSW encompasses 58 schools, 14 St Nicholas Early Education centres and more than 21,000 students across the region.
The schools educate students across primary, secondary, early education and K-12 colleges covering the east coast of New South Wales from Lake Macquarie in the south, to Taree in the north, and Merriwa and Murrurundi in the west.
The company has appointed facility management executive and long-time Newcastle resident, Scott Sarich, as its Newcastle regional manager to oversee the contract.
Since its appointment, it has initiated the mobilisation phase to ensure a seamless transition at all 72 sites.
Quayclean says that the agreement marks the biggest single private school agreement in the company’s 23-year history, and extends its private schools education portfolio to over 150 sites across Australia.
It says that it is now the largest provider of cleaning and hygiene services to private schools and colleges across Australia.
Quayclean chief executive Mark Piwkowski says schools are increasingly recognising the importance and value of outsourcing cleaning, hygiene and waste management services to industry experts.
“The CDMN wanted a provider with deep experience in educational cleaning and facility management who holds similar values of delivering beyond expectation, being customer-obsessed and recognising achievement,” Piwkowski says.
Piwkowski adds the agreement presents a massive opportunity for Quayclean staff to further their skills and accelerate career advancement opportunities.
“All Quayclean staff are fully employed under the Cleaning Services Award 2020 with no sub-contracted workers,” he says.
“We are committed to investing in our people through our Quay Academy and other staff development programs, ensuring a highly trained, consistent and reliable on-site team is aligned with the individual school’s standards.”
The company’s experience in working with educational institutions extends to other states. Last year, Quayclean won a multi-year cleaning contract with the University of Queensland for its campus in St Lucia, Brisbane and its regional and remote campuses.
Other private schools and institutes for which it provides its services include Ipswich Grammar, Villanova College, Coomera Anglican College, Grace Lutheran College, The Southport School and All Saints Anglican College in Queensland.
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