Facilities Maintenance contracting in Iowa
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.
IowaIowa requires contractor registration with the Division of Labor. Qualifying work is performed by a registered contractor of record.
AXA South is a contracting and program-management firm, not a licensed trade.
The market, honestly.
Iowa concentrates on the Iowa AAP and state spending out of Des Moines. Agricultural and rural-health programs drive specialty supply demand.
Corn and soybean production, agricultural equipment manufacturing, insurance in Des Moines, wind energy component production, and data centers drawn by cheap power.
For facilities maintenance specifically in Iowa, our model is direct: AXA South responds to the solicitation, holds the contract, and runs the program. Local crews and licensed trade partners in Iowa perform the work that requires their license or specialized credentials.
Iowa has a modest federal footprint, so state and local buying dominates. The Department of Administrative Services runs statewide contracts, and the Regents universities plus county governments make up a large share of practical volume.
State fiscal year ends June 30. Grounds, roadway, and fleet demand is strongly seasonal: winter maintenance procurement is planned in late summer, not December. 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.
Iowa maintains a Targeted Small Business program for firms owned by minorities, women, veterans, or persons with disabilities, with procurement goals set by statute.
Underestimating the counties. Iowa has 99 of them, each buying independently, and a vendor watching only the state portal sees a fraction of the market.
Iowa Vendor Self-Service
https://vss.iowa.gov/
Operated by the Iowa Department of Administrative Services, General Services.
- · Iowa Army Ammunition Plant
- · Camp Dodge
- · Iowa DOT
- · Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
No state Little Davis-Bacon. Federal-funded work follows the Davis-Bacon Act.
Iowa requires contractor registration with the Division of Labor. Qualifying work is performed by a registered contractor of record.
What this contract covers in Iowa.
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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 Iowa include Des Moines, Cedar Rapids.
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.