Facilities Maintenance contracting in Maryland
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.
MarylandMaryland licenses general contractors through MHIC for residential and certain commercial work; qualifying trades are licensed through the Department of Labor. Work is performed by appropriately licensed contractors.
AXA South is a contracting and program-management firm, not a licensed trade.
The market, honestly.
Maryland is one of the densest federal markets in the country. Fort Meade, NSA Bethesda, and the DC-adjacent civilian agency footprint produce constant IT, professional services, and facilities demand.
Federal agency headquarters and laboratories, cybersecurity around Fort Meade, biotechnology along the I-270 corridor, the Port of Baltimore, and naval research at Patuxent River.
For facilities maintenance specifically in Maryland, our model is direct: AXA South responds to the solicitation, holds the contract, and runs the program. Local crews and licensed trade partners in Maryland perform the work that requires their license or specialized credentials.
Maryland is the densest concentration of federal buying offices outside Washington itself: NIH, FDA, NSA, NIST, Aberdeen, and Pax River all buy independently. State procurement under DGS and DoIT is highly structured, with formal MBE participation enforcement on nearly every award.
State fiscal year ends June 30, and Maryland's General Assembly session ending in April drives funding decisions that show up as spring and early-summer solicitations. 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.
Maryland enforces a statewide 29 percent MBE participation goal with subgoals for African American and women-owned firms, plus a Small Business Reserve (SBR) program that reserves designated procurements entirely for certified small businesses.
Submitting a Maryland bid without a completed MBE participation schedule. It is the single most common reason competitive bids in this state are rejected as non-responsive.
eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA)
https://emma.maryland.gov/
Operated by the Maryland Department of General Services, Procurement.
- · Fort Meade
- · Naval Support Activity Bethesda
- · Andrews (Joint Base Andrews)
- · Aberdeen Proving Ground
- · Naval Air Station Patuxent River
- · Maryland DOT
- · Maryland Department of Health
- · University System of Maryland
Maryland prevailing wage applies to qualifying state public-works projects.
Maryland licenses general contractors through MHIC for residential and certain commercial work; qualifying trades are licensed through the Department of Labor. Work is performed by appropriately licensed contractors.
What this contract covers in Maryland.
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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 Maryland include Baltimore, Annapolis, Bethesda.
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.