Useable Strategy, Not Pretty Pitch

Plans that sit on shelves waste time and energy. We craft strategies that team members actually carry out.

Our approach includes:

  • Setting visible, measurable goals

  • Mapping out step-by-step action plans

  • Aligning people, money, and resources

  • Creating accountability and visible progress

Whether you’re expanding, recovering from a crisis, or looking to reset, we empower you to
move forward with clear purpose.

Change Without Chaos

Change is always a challenge—especially inside busy Built Environments and public-facing facilities. Our goal is to make it workable rather than overwhelming.

We help teams:

  • Rework systems and workflows

  • Shift to new technology

  • Implement policy or regulatory updates

  • Handle reorganizational changes

What sets us apart is our approach. We explain the “why,” we listen to what matters most, we engage staff from the start, and we keep them involved every step. That turns rocky rollouts into smooth ones and cuts way down on pushback.

Facilities & Commercial Cleaning Advisory

For 25 years, DCS has built a base in facilities maintenance and custodial excellence. We work with any vendor, we rely on the evidence, and we focus on what can be measured.

1. RFP Strategy & Outsourcing

We streamline procurement to make contracts transparent, competitive, and aligned with today’s operations. We write the scope, we create the scoring, and we guide briefings and
selection.

2. Existing Vendor Contract Optimization & Renegotiation

We dissect current agreements to remove redundancies, sharpen deliverables, tighten service level agreements, and uncover cost-neutral changes. That keeps outcomes high without driving up costs.

3) Expert Performance Audits

  • Visual Inspections: Trained auditors look past the numbers. They measure cleanliness and
    quality the way most scores miss—by actually going to the place.
  • Hygiene ATP Testing: ATP testing uses a “glow” to turn unseen residue into hard numbers. The process shows how much organic residue is hiding on high-contact surfaces, giving data on the dirt that the eye can’t catch.
  • APPA/LEED Audit Outsourcing: A third party checks your operations against the best
    standards in building cleanliness and environmental impact. It’s a fast way to confirm that
    programs match leading and sustainability benchmarks.

4) Needs Assessments

We conduct thorough reviews to flush out operational holes, overlaps, and hidden possibilities. The findings lead to a clear action plan that your team can jump on right away.

Financial Improvement Without Burnout

Nobody wants savings to feel like a punishment. We make financial improvement feel achievable.

We help you:

  • Spot and fix budget leaks

  • Recover missed revenue

  • Refine cost tracking and reporting

  • Tie every dollar to a measurable outcome

Our audits are quick, sharp, and practical. We deliver fixes that conserve cash without piling on stress.

Who We Support

Our services fit leaders and staff in:

  • Commercial offices and mixed-use properties

  • Schools, institutions and government buildings
  • Busy transit hubs, airports and other densely populated public spaces

  • Warehouses, distribution centers, and specialized sites

We team up with senior leaders, middle managers, and front-line workers to design systems that won’t wobble, can grow with you, and keep going for the long haul.

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Cleaner, Faster, Greener, Safer

ESG Reporting

Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) metrics are fast becoming a business and operational imperative. This differentiator helps businesses meet increasing demands for transparency and mitigate risk. DCS Global provides processes and impartial data to support the environmental and governance aspects of your ESG strategy.

Sustainability Support

Whether you are implementing new environmental standards, looking to support specific ESG goals, or want to enhance your current “green cleaning” program, DCS Global is uniquely equipped to assist.

Day Cleaning Evaluation & Conversion

Day cleaning decreases energy costs, improves security, and provides more consistent results. As pioneers of this approach, we can quickly help determine if it will work for you. 

TIP According to a recent Deloitte survey, 85% of respondents indicated “visible cleaning” was “somewhat important” or “very important” as employees return to offices.

Security Service Assessments & RFPs

Janitorial or custodial services and security are two of the biggest investments you make in running any facility. We combine our proven RFP Services skill set with those of a world-class security expert > Find out more about Security Services RFP project management

Taking care of your cleaning practices.

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Industries

Built for Your Reality

Every region we serve has its own hurdles, and we get that.

  • In Toronto we partner with big networks and tangled care chains.
  • In Calgary we help teams racing to match population growth and shifting funds.
  • In Chicago we strengthen programs fighting fragmentation and high turnover.

Across North America, our tools and teams move with your staff, your funding, and your specific targets.

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Client Testimonials

DCS Global supports a diverse client base across North America, in all kinds of buildings, with all kinds of facilities maintenance needs. Take their word for our work.

Working with DCS allowed us to work through the RFP and tendering process in a new way. DCS focused their energies on the process. They gathered more meaningful data than we would have on our own, analyzed it and presented it in an unbiased fashion. They acted as the liaison between us and the bidders – reducing the pressure. We would definitely use DCS again!

Patricia Buskas, Vice President & General Manager, Brookfield Properties

DCS Global Enterprise helped us through the tender process, freeing up our team to be able to focus on their work. DCS excelled at the analysis of the tenders, providing us with the information we needed to make the final selection decision. When DCS runs the tender process for us, I know the process is in the hands of qualified professionals who are impartial, allowing for fact-based decisions. I would absolutely recommend DCS.

Peter Halkias, Vice President, Real Estate Management, Epic Investment Services

Glenborough made the decision to convert to Daylight Cleaning in early 2009. We were the first multi-tenant, Class A office building in the San Francisco Bay Area to do this when we converted our corporate headquarter offices in San Mateo to Daylight Cleaning. We found DCS to have a vast knowledge of the cleaning industry as well as great tools and experience with the conversion process. We had no fears. We took a total team approach.

DCS provided staff training and they participated in “one-on-one” meetings with our larger tenants. Our biggest surprise on “roll-out day” was no phone calls. We have improved the cleanliness of the building, increased our recycling, and cut our energy costs with the implementation of Daylight Cleaning. DCS continues to provide us services with quarterly audits.

Leah Warren, RPA, LEED AP, Property Manager, Glenborough

DCS did a fantastic job for us. They handled the whole tender process, from putting together the proposal, to setting up meetings with vendors, to doing the analysis of the tenders. DCS took a load off my shoulders and freed up my time. I was handling the security contract, at the same time that DCS was looking after the janitorial contract, so they greatly helped reduce my level of stress.

Marjorie Farrier, Assistant Operations Manager, Epic Investment Services

Our switch to Daylight Cleaning has been a tremendous team effort between DCS, our janitorial service provider, the tenants and our staff! Together we have reduced our janitorial service and electricity costs by 5% while improving tenant satisfaction and maintaining the high standards we expect from our service providers.

Alison Sansone, CPM®, General Manager, PM Realty Group

In property management, we often call in a consultant for their expertise. Using DCS Daylight Cleaning Systems created for us a new opportunity to develop a stronger janitorial program in our buildings. The increased quality of our janitorial services has been noticeable.

Don Fairgrieve-Park, Executive Vice President, Operational Excellence, QuadReal

DCS, through their broad and diverse industry expertise, provided the necessary elements that in the end resulted in improved cleaning quality, measurement, and practices. They were very open to looking at and presenting new concepts and provided unbiased tender analysis expressed in a straightforward manner.

Ian Yorston, Assistant General Manager, Brookfield Properties

Our members have endorsed the DCS Daylight Cleaning Systems. In my experience the buildings are easier to operate, we are able to retain good staff and the tenants are happier. It’s win-win, all the way around.

Fred Edwards, Chief Marketing Officer & Former President, Western Canada, GDI

Cleaning is one of those issues that we have to deal with and often it is in the area of complaints. Randy knows the problems. He knows the solutions. This allowed me to focus on my job and not spend time worrying about the cleaning. Working with DCS allowed me to bring in professionals for the RFP process and to introduce the whole new frontier of Day Cleaning to our tenants through a managed process. Working with the DCS Daylight Cleaning Systems allowed me to focus on my job!

Guy Priddle, Director Office Leasing & General Manager, Calgary, Cadillac Fairview

What You Get from Us?

  • Direct, plain-language advice so you know exactly what’s happening
  • Real plans that get off the drawing board and really happen
  • Handy tools and templates that make “doing it” quicker and simpler
  • A team that stays with you until the last detail is locked down

Don’t face the pressure by yourself. We’ll highlight your next best move—and walk with you until it’s done.

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