MoreLincolnwood, IL, USA-ISSA has announced that nine cleaning organizations, both contracted and in-house, have recently undergone comprehensive ISSA Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS) assessments and have officially certified to CIMS. The newly certified organizations, which are part of the CIMS Case Study Program underway through October 2007, include:
CIMS applies to the management, operations, and performance systems of cleaning organizations. Compliance with the Standard demonstrates that a cleaning operation is structured to deliver consistent, quality services designed to meet customers’ needs and expectations. Given the assurance that working with a CIMS-compliant organization provides, many facility managers and purchasing professionals have indicated plans to require CIMS certification in their bidding specifications.
“Achieving CIMS certification is certainly not an easy task, and those who make it through the process deserve tremendous accolades,” said Wagner. “In fact, thus far, two organizations have been unable to pass their initial assessments and are continuing to work to come into compliance with CIMS.”
All nine certified organizations were required to provide thorough documentation demonstrating compliance with the five core sections of CIMS (quality systems; service delivery; human resources; health, safety, and environmental stewardship; and management commitment) as well as undergo an assessment of management and operational follow-through. After documentation and on-site evaluation by an ISSA-accredited, third-party assessor, each organization was recommended for CIMS Certification with Honors.
Twenty-three of the original 24 CIMS Case Study organizations in the United States and Canada have undergone assessments or are preparing for their upcoming third-party assessments in hopes of becoming the first in-house and contracted operations to achieve CIMS certification. For a full list of case-study participants, visit www.issa.com/standard.
Certification is expected to open to the industry at large later this year, after the Case Study Program has been completed. That said, ISSA is now accepting applications and encourages those organizations that wish to be the first to be assessed once certification is open to the industry as a whole to apply as soon as possible. To apply or to find out more about CIMS, visit www.issa.com/standard.
- Bee-Clean Building Maintenance: Canada
- Omni Facility Services: Southfield, MI
- Portland Habilitation Center: Portland, OR
- Scarlet and Gray Cleaning Service: Cincinnati, OH
- ServiceForce USA, LLC: Dulles, VA
- UNICCO: Newton, MA
- University of Guelph Environmental Services Department: Guelph, ON, Canada
- University of Michigan Campus Plant Building and Grounds Services Department: Ann Arbor, MI
- Varsity Contractors: Pocatello, ID
CIMS applies to the management, operations, and performance systems of cleaning organizations. Compliance with the Standard demonstrates that a cleaning operation is structured to deliver consistent, quality services designed to meet customers’ needs and expectations. Given the assurance that working with a CIMS-compliant organization provides, many facility managers and purchasing professionals have indicated plans to require CIMS certification in their bidding specifications.
“Achieving CIMS certification is certainly not an easy task, and those who make it through the process deserve tremendous accolades,” said Wagner. “In fact, thus far, two organizations have been unable to pass their initial assessments and are continuing to work to come into compliance with CIMS.”
All nine certified organizations were required to provide thorough documentation demonstrating compliance with the five core sections of CIMS (quality systems; service delivery; human resources; health, safety, and environmental stewardship; and management commitment) as well as undergo an assessment of management and operational follow-through. After documentation and on-site evaluation by an ISSA-accredited, third-party assessor, each organization was recommended for CIMS Certification with Honors.
Twenty-three of the original 24 CIMS Case Study organizations in the United States and Canada have undergone assessments or are preparing for their upcoming third-party assessments in hopes of becoming the first in-house and contracted operations to achieve CIMS certification. For a full list of case-study participants, visit www.issa.com/standard.
Certification is expected to open to the industry at large later this year, after the Case Study Program has been completed. That said, ISSA is now accepting applications and encourages those organizations that wish to be the first to be assessed once certification is open to the industry as a whole to apply as soon as possible. To apply or to find out more about CIMS, visit www.issa.com/standard.
