I WORK FOR A COMPANY OUT IN FLORIDA AND WE GENERALLY DO STRIP AND WAX JOBS BUT OF ALOT SMALLER PORTIONS. MOST OF OUR JOBS ARE 7500 SQ FT OR SMALLER AND WE TYPICALLY CHARGE .40-.50 CENTS A FOOT AS THAT IS THE GOING RATE AROUND HERE. THE OPPORTUNITY CAME UP TO BID ON A 50K SQ FT NURSING HOME AND ID HATE TO PASS IT. THEIR IS NO STRICT DEAD LINE AS IT WOULD BE DOING A FEW ROOMS AT A TIME UNTIL EVERYTHING IS COMPLETE. IVE NEVER BID ON JOBS OF THIS SIZE AND WONDERING HOW MUCH A SQUARE FOOT WOULD BE A GOOD START. KEEP IN MIND WE WOULD HAVE TO HELP SOME OF THE STAFF MOVE SOME THINGS OUT OF THE ROOMS AND THEN PLACE THEM IN ONCE COMPLETED. ALSO HAVING TO USE LOW ODOR CHEMICALS. I ALSO GOT OFFERED TO GET SUBCONTRACTED A JOB LAST SUMMER TO DO A 60K SQ FT SCHOOL AND THEY WERE TRYING TO PAY ME ABOUT .15 CENTS A FOOT TO PROVIDE THE LABOR, EQUIPMENT AND FLOOR STRIPPER.I DIDNT THINK THAT WAS ENOUGH CONSIDERING WE HAD TO EMPTY EVERY CLASSROOM AND THEN PUT FURNITURE BACK IN. JUST MAKES ME CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THE COMPANY THAT WAS SUBBING THE JOB OUT WAS MAKING OFF OF IT.