Facilities Maintenance contracting in Ohio
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.
OhioOhio licenses certain trades at the state 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.
Ohio combines Wright-Patterson and DSCC with one of the largest civilian state buying programs in the Midwest. Aerospace, IT, and engineering services run deep here.
Aerospace research and logistics at Wright-Patterson, polymers and chemicals, automotive and steel, healthcare systems, and Great Lakes shipping through Cleveland and Toledo.
For facilities maintenance specifically in Ohio, our model is direct: AXA South responds to the solicitation, holds the contract, and runs the program. Local crews and licensed trade partners in Ohio perform the work that requires their license or specialized credentials.
Wright-Patterson hosts the Air Force Research Laboratory and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, so it is a research and acquisition buyer rather than a base-operations buyer. Defense Supply Center Columbus, part of DLA, is a national buying point for land and maritime weapon-system parts that happens to sit in Ohio.
State fiscal year ends June 30 on a biennial budget. DLA Columbus buys continuously against national demand signals rather than seasonal cycles. 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.
Ohio operates the EDGE program for disadvantaged businesses, an MBE set-aside program for certified minority businesses, and a veteran-friendly business enterprise preference.
Bidding DLA solicitations without reading the technical data and packaging requirements. Military packaging and marking specifications reject more DLA shipments than defective parts do.
Ohio Buys
https://procure.ohio.gov/
Operated by the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, Office of Procurement Services.
- · Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
- · Defense Supply Center Columbus
- · NASA Glenn Research Center
- · ODOT
- · Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
- · Ohio State University
Ohio prevailing wage applies to qualifying state public-works projects above thresholds.
Ohio licenses certain trades at the state level. Qualifying work is performed by appropriately licensed trades.
What this contract covers in Ohio.
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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 Ohio include Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton.
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.