<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">In all honesty, and full disclosure, at Universityof Michigan/LNF, we too use an outside vendor (Cintas) for all of our laundry services. They pick up and deliver on a weekly basis somewhere in the neighborhood of 350-450 pieces of clothing every week, launder it, sort it, individually bag it, and return it to us for about $1K/week,. As long as we are diligent in overseeing what they pick up/return, it's worked out quite well. It has not been without a learning curve though. They have also modified all of our suits and smocks with snaps on the back so that we can add name tags for the people working in our spaces after hours, and for those that want to wear them during the day. Surprisingly, that name tag implementation was not without some pushback from former staff, and users, as well.....</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">My interest in the on-site washing is that some of our garments are heavily soiled, particularly the smocks we use in the service aisle, and we wanted to prewash them before we send them in for final clean and packaging. I would expect our washing machine to be used maybe once a month. It could end up being more often than that as once it's hooked up we may find other uses for it as well.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Dennis Schweiger</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="">University of Michigan/LNF</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div> </div><div>734.647.2055 Ofc<br></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 5:32 PM Football <<a href="mailto:yaofootball@gmail.com">yaofootball@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">A great topic!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">At Argonne, we use a company called UniClean (info below). We have worked with them for a couple of years and it has been a satisfying service with reasonable pricing. We put dirty garments/hoods/boots in bins and ship them to their address. The garments/hoods/boots are individually packed when they are cleaned and sent back. We don't do pick-up service, so handling and shipping is time consuming and costly. The garment turn around time is usually 3 weeks, sometimes 4 weeks. We currently work with their MN location. But they have multiple locations across the U.S. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">UniClean Cleanroom Services <br>2435 West Industrial Blvd Long Lake, MN 55356 <br>952-345-0400 <br><a href="http://www.uniclean.com" target="_blank">www.uniclean.com</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>Fubo Rao, Ph.D.,</i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">good morning. I want to revisit this topic with you, if you are still laundering your own garments.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p>Hi all, <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>I know this topic was discussed in the past but I feel like the options in this area are very limited and the vendors are taking advantage of that.
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<p>What is your solution for clean room garments laundry? Are you renting and sending them out to laundry? If so, could you please let me know which vendor you’re using?
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<p>You can respond directly to me if you don’t feel comfortable sharing your feedback with everyone.
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<p>Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>Office: 212-8549927<u></u><u></u></p>
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