Facilities Maintenance contracting in Delaware
Building operations and maintenance for owned and leased government space. We hold the O&M contract and coordinate the licensed trades that touch HVAC, electrical, plumbing, life-safety, and controls.
No special license required to bid or hold the prime. No professional or trade license is required for AXA South to bid or hold the prime contract in this category. Any work that requires a state-issued trade, professional, or specialty license is performed by a properly licensed subcontractor in the project jurisdiction. AXA South does not self-perform licensed trade work and does not represent itself as a licensee of any trade or profession.
This categoryAXA South holds the O&M contract. HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and other licensed trade work is performed by subcontractors licensed in the jurisdiction.
DelawareDelaware does not require a statewide contractor license. Qualifying trades are performed by appropriately licensed trade subcontractors.
AXA South is a contracting and program-management firm, not a licensed trade.
The market, honestly.
Delaware demand concentrates around Dover Air Force Base and statewide civilian spending out of Wilmington and Dover. Small geographic footprint keeps logistics responsive.
Chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing, corporate and financial services, poultry on the Delmarva peninsula, and Dover Air Force Base as the dominant federal presence.
For facilities maintenance specifically in Delaware, our model is direct: AXA South responds to the solicitation, holds the contract, and runs the program. Local crews and licensed trade partners in Delaware perform the work that requires their license or specialized credentials.
Dover AFB is a strategic airlift hub, which produces steady materials-handling, palletization, and facilities requirements. Delaware's small size means Government Support Services runs a genuinely centralized state contract program, and the three counties plus Wilmington handle the remainder.
State fiscal year ends June 30. Because the state is compact, statewide contracts often serve every agency from one distribution point, which favors vendors with a single Mid-Atlantic hub. The federal fiscal year closes September 30, so August and September carry the heaviest volume of simplified-acquisition and micro-purchase activity at every installation in the state.
Delaware maintains an Office of Supplier Diversity certification for minority, women, veteran, and service-disabled veteran businesses, used primarily as a participation and reporting mechanism.
Overlooking the school districts. Delaware school districts and the Department of Education account for a meaningful share of statewide spend and issue their own solicitations outside the central portal.
Delaware MyMarketplace
https://mmp.delaware.gov/
Operated by the Delaware Government Support Services, Procurement.
- · Dover Air Force Base
- · Delaware DOT
- · Delaware Department of Health and Social Services
Delaware prevailing wage applies to large public works projects above the threshold.
Delaware does not require a statewide contractor license. Qualifying trades are performed by appropriately licensed trade subcontractors.
What this contract covers in Delaware.
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Preventive and corrective maintenance
PM schedules built from manufacturer intervals and agency history, work orders tracked in the CMMS the agency already uses.
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Trade coordination through licensed subs
HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and fire-protection work is performed by subcontractors properly licensed in the state where the building sits.
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On-call and after-hours response
Defined response and resolution times by trade and severity, with on-call rotations and dispatch logging.
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BAS and controls support
Sequence-of-operations tuning, sensor calibration, and integration support for Tridium, Siemens, JCI, and Automated Logic platforms.
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Compliance and inspections
Backflow testing, generator load banks, sprinkler inspections, elevator testing scheduling, and code-compliance recordkeeping.
We respond to solicitations and execute work statewide. Common delivery markets for facilities maintenance in Delaware include Wilmington, Dover.
Can you use our existing CMMS?
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Yes. We work in Maximo, FacilityForce, Archibus, ServiceNow, and the GSA platforms agencies most commonly require. Tickets stay in the agency's system of record.
How are licensed trades handled?
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Trade work is performed by a state-licensed subcontractor under our prime. License numbers and insurance certificates are submitted at award and tracked through expiration.
Can you bid JOC and IDIQ task orders?
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Yes. We price to the published unit-price book or RSMeans coefficients required by the vehicle and submit clean proposal packages.