Saudi-based facilities management company, Initial Saudi Group, won the facilities management (FM) cleaning contract for Riyadh Airport, despite stiff competition from at least five other companies.
Initial Saudi Group have been appointed to take on the responsibility of all cleaning and janitorial services for Riyadh Airport, which comprises three terminals (T1, T2, and T5) as well as two principal administration and support buildings , and possibly a further two terminals that are currently under renovation, to be added later.
Riyadh Airport is the second largest airport after Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and is considered as the air gateway for the Kingdom. There are approximately 40 airlines that use the airport for scheduled passenger services and in 2017, it served 25 million passengers, with anticipated future increases each year.
Initial Saudi Group was previously appointed the FM cleaning contractor for Terminal 5 Riyadh, where they were
awarded for their service example, comprehensive technical proposal, and overall competitive value. They were contracted for T5 for an initial period of a year in 2016 before winning this three to five-year contract for what will eventually cover terminals for the entire airport.
The FM company have approximately 650 staff in place to manage the cleaning contract to include all janitorial services and ancillary services, such as parking attendants.