Facilities Maintenance contracting in Indiana
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.
IndianaIndiana licenses construction at the local level. Qualifying work is performed by appropriately licensed trades.
AXA South is a contracting and program-management firm, not a licensed trade.
The market, honestly.
Indiana centers on Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center plus an active Indianapolis state buying program. Manufacturing supply chain depth keeps industrial categories well-served.
Automotive and RV manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, steel in the northwest, and Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane, one of the largest naval installations in the country by land area.
For facilities maintenance specifically in Indiana, our model is direct: AXA South responds to the solicitation, holds the contract, and runs the program. Local crews and licensed trade partners in Indiana perform the work that requires their license or specialized credentials.
Crane is an electronic warfare and munitions technical center, so its requirements skew toward specialized engineering, electronics, and secure logistics rather than commodity supply. Indiana IDOA runs quantity purchase agreements that agencies order against.
State fiscal year ends June 30. Indiana biennial budgeting means large capital procurements cluster in specific years rather than recurring annually. 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.
Indiana operates MBE, WBE, and Indiana Veteran-Owned Small Business (IVOSB) programs with contract-specific participation goals administered through the Division of Supplier Diversity.
Assuming Crane buys like a typical base. Much of the work there flows through technical support contractors and requires clearances or supplier qualification long before a bid appears.
Indiana Electronic Procurement (PeopleSoft)
https://www.in.gov/idoa/2354.htm
Operated by the Indiana Department of Administration, Procurement Division.
- · Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane
- · Grissom Air Reserve Base
- · INDOT
- · Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
Indiana repealed its common-construction-wage law. Federal-funded work follows the Davis-Bacon Act.
Indiana licenses construction at the local level. Qualifying work is performed by appropriately licensed trades.
What this contract covers in Indiana.
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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 Indiana include Indianapolis, Fort Wayne.
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.