The COVIDSafe Deep Cleaning Rebate is available for small and medium-sized businesses, where anyone suspected or confirmed to have coronavirus (COVID-19) has been on the premises or worksite when they may have been infectious.

The rebate will help eligible businesses cover the cost of hiring professional cleaning services to conduct a ‘deep clean’ or ‘decontamination clean’ of their premises or worksite. This will help businesses prevent further transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19), and reduce their out-of-pocket cleaning expenses.

Funding Available

The rebate will cover up to 80 per cent of the cleaning costs at each worksite, capped at a grant of $10,000 (for a total cleaning cost of $12,500).

Eligibility

To be eligible for the rebate, a business must:

• operate from a COVID-19 affected worksite in Victoria (Worksite); and
• attest to having a suspected or confirmed onsite COVID-19 case; and
• have undertaken a ‘deep clean’ or ‘decontamination clean’ of the affected Worksite by a Professional Cleaning Service in accordance with Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) COVID-19 cleaning guidelines (COVID-19 ‘deep clean’ or ‘decontamination clean’) (DHHS COVID-19 Guidelines); and
• have evidence of the expenditure incurred for the cost of the decontamination cleaning at the affected Worksite and payment of the expenditure,

and further, all of the following must apply:

• hold a valid Australian Business Number (ABN);
• have an annual payroll of less than $3 million in 2019-20 on an ungrouped basis ;
• be registered with WorkSafe if employing people; and
• be registered as a trading business with the responsible Federal or State regulator .

Program Guidelines

COVIDSafe Deep Cleaning Rebate guidelines (PDF 679.74 KB)

For more information about this grant, please head to the Business Victoria website.