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Facility management companies · Buyer journey

Get on the list in the year before the tender, not the week it opens.

The buyer journey for a facility management contract runs over months and through several people: the admin head who lives with the complaints, procurement who runs the RFP, and finance who reads the per-head cost. GullySales maps where your name has to appear at each stage so the shortlist is not drawn up without you.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

Realistic editorial illustration of facility management companies at work in India

What buyer journey means

The buyer journey is the sequence of steps a customer actually takes, from first hearing about you to deciding to buy, which is rarely a single visit or call. GullySales maps this sequence for your business and checks that something useful happens at each step instead of only at the final call.

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Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The specification is written before the tender appears”

    By the time an RFP is floated, somebody has already described the scope, the manpower ratio and the site conditions, usually with a vendor in mind. The stage that decides the bid is a conversation held a year earlier.

  • “Three people move through this at different speeds”

    The admin head wants the complaints to stop. Procurement wants a comparison it can defend in writing. Finance reads the cost per head. A pitch built for one of them stalls with the other two.

  • “The site visit is where a bid is actually won”

    A committee walking a comparable campus you already run is judging the lobby at eight in the morning and the supervisor showing them round. No submission survives a bad site visit.

What we do

What we deliver for facility management companies.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A stage map from first contact to mobilisation

    Written stages with what has to be true before an account moves on: known to the admin head, pre-bid query raised, technical bid in, site visit done, financial opening, negotiation.

    Result: Your business development team knows which stage every site is in.

  2. Contract expiry research on the sites you want

    The current vendor, the contract end date and the notice window gathered for each campus on your target list, before any tender is floated.

    Result: You are talking to the admin head while the scope is still being written.

  3. Material written for each of the three readers

    A complaints and SLA story for the admin head, a compliance and documentation pack for procurement, and a cost per head breakdown for finance.

    Result: The bid answers all three rounds instead of only the first.

  4. A reference site chosen and kept visit-ready

    One site per sector and size band, with the supervisor briefed, the documentation current and the client's permission to host a walkthrough.

    Result: You can offer a visit the same week it is asked for.

  5. Pre-bid query handling

    The questions worth raising at the pre-bid stage, and what each answer reveals about how the evaluation will be scored.

    Result: You learn whether a bid is worth writing before you write it.

  6. Where accounts drop, counted by stage

    How many target sites reached a bid, a site visit and an award, read against the baseline taken before the work started.

    Result: You can see whether you are losing on the shortlist or on the price.

How the result is measured

  • Drop-off rate by step
  • Time from first contact to sale
  • Steps with no content

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full buyer journey mapping page

Stages of the contract journey

A facility management contract is won over six stages, and the person you meet changes at almost every one.

Complaints build up
The admin head lives with missed housekeeping and late guards. Make sure your name reaches that person before the incumbent's contract comes up for review.
The scope is written
The specification is drafted before any tender appears. Offer a sample scope and staffing plan that the admin team can borrow, with your approach visible in it.
The RFP is issued
Procurement circulates the tender. Keep registration, GST, PF and ESI compliance papers and your client list in one folder, ready to attach.
Pre-bid queries and site visit
The visit shows how you work. Send questions in writing before the visit, and bring the supervisor who would actually run the site.
Technical and commercial rounds
Finance reads the per-head cost. Break the rate into headcount, shifts, consumables and supervision so that finance can compare like with like.
Mobilisation and first review
The new site starts. Meet the admin head on the first day and agree what they will judge you on.

Who it is for

This is written for these facility management companies.

  • Corporate office and IT campus FM providers
  • Mall and retail FM providers
  • Hospital and healthcare facility contractors
  • Residential welfare association service providers
  • Industrial and warehouse FM contractors
  • Integrated single-vendor FM companies

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    The numbers this work is meant to move, such as enquiries, quotations, orders, visits or renewals, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is a reply, a follow-up, a page, a listing or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. At renewal

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the buyer journey work runs

  1. 1

    Understand the sales process

    We walk through how a sale actually happens today, from the person who first answers an enquiry to the one who closes it.

  2. 2

    Audit the data

    Website analytics, call logs and CRM records are pulled together to see where people actually drop out, not where they are assumed to.

  3. 3

    Interview buyers and staff

    A handful of recent customers and the team who speak to them fill in the reasons behind the numbers.

  4. 4

    Build the map

    Stages, touchpoints and drop-off points are set out in one document everyone can read the same way.

  5. 5

    Fix and measure

    Each fix is implemented against the stage it addresses, and the drop-off rate at that stage is checked afterwards.

Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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How far ahead should we start on a campus we want?
Before the incumbent's contract enters its notice window, which is why we research end dates first. Once the RFP is out, your influence is limited to writing a good submission. Before it, you can shape what the scope even asks for.
We clear the technical round and lose on price. Why?
Because nothing in the file explains what the higher price buys. An SLA record from a comparable site gives the evaluation committee something to weigh against the cheaper bid. Without it, the comparison is only a number.
A bid went quiet after the site visit. Can we ask about it?
Yes. Write to the procurement contact asking if any clarification on the technical submission is needed, and ask politely about the next step. Decisions often wait for finance or a committee. Keep the note factual, and file the answer against the account.
Who inside the client decides whether to renew a contract?
Usually the admin head or site manager recommends, procurement runs the paperwork and finance checks cost. Put each of them on your contact list for the site, and know which of them speaks to the supervisor day to day.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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