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Facilities Maintenance contracting in Wisconsin

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.

How AXA South operates in Wisconsin

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.

WisconsinWisconsin licenses construction at the trade level. Qualifying work is performed by appropriately licensed trades.

AXA South is a contracting and program-management firm, not a licensed trade.

Wisconsin

The market, honestly.

Wisconsin combines Fort McCoy and Volk Field with a strong state civilian buying program out of Madison. Manufacturing supply chain depth supports industrial categories.

Paper and packaging, dairy and food processing, heavy machinery manufacturing, shipbuilding at Marinette, and a large public university system.

For facilities maintenance specifically in Wisconsin, our model is direct: AXA South responds to the solicitation, holds the contract, and runs the program. Local crews and licensed trade partners in Wisconsin perform the work that requires their license or specialized credentials.

Fincantieri Marinette Marine builds Navy frigates, creating a marine-industrial supplier network in the northeast of the state. Fort McCoy is a large Army training center with seasonal surge demand. State purchasing runs through the Department of Administration, and UW System campuses buy independently.

Timing

State fiscal year ends June 30 on a biennial budget. Fort McCoy's training population peaks in summer, which drives concentrated seasonal demand for consumables, services, and temporary facilities. 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.

Set-asides

Wisconsin certifies Minority Business Enterprises, Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses, and Woman-Owned Businesses, with statutory purchasing goals for state agencies.

Where bids die

Missing the Fort McCoy summer surge window. Requirements there are planned in winter and spring; a vendor showing up in June is quoting against awards already made.

State portal

Wisconsin VendorNet

https://vendornet.wi.gov/

Operated by the Wisconsin State Bureau of Procurement.

Federal sites in Wisconsin
  • · Fort McCoy
  • · Volk Field Air National Guard Base
Key state buyers
  • · WisDOT
  • · Wisconsin Department of Health Services
  • · University of Wisconsin system
Prevailing wage

Wisconsin repealed its state prevailing-wage law. Federal-funded work follows the Davis-Bacon Act.

Construction licensing

Wisconsin licenses construction at the trade level. Qualifying work is performed by appropriately licensed trades.

Scope

What this contract covers in Wisconsin.

  1. 01

    Preventive and corrective maintenance

    PM schedules built from manufacturer intervals and agency history, work orders tracked in the CMMS the agency already uses.

  2. 02

    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.

  3. 03

    On-call and after-hours response

    Defined response and resolution times by trade and severity, with on-call rotations and dispatch logging.

  4. 04

    BAS and controls support

    Sequence-of-operations tuning, sensor calibration, and integration support for Tridium, Siemens, JCI, and Automated Logic platforms.

  5. 05

    Compliance and inspections

    Backflow testing, generator load banks, sprinkler inspections, elevator testing scheduling, and code-compliance recordkeeping.

Where we deliver in Wisconsin

We respond to solicitations and execute work statewide. Common delivery markets for facilities maintenance in Wisconsin include Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay.

Other contracts we hold in Wisconsin
FAQ

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.

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