Grounds & Landscaping contracting in Colorado
Mowing routes, landscape care, irrigation, and tree work for federal installations, courthouses, parks, depots, and school campuses. We carry the contract; local crews and licensed arborists do the work.
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 categoryWe hold the prime contract. Pesticide and irrigation work is performed by personnel holding the appropriate state applicator and irrigation licenses.
ColoradoColorado licenses construction at the municipal level rather than statewide. Qualifying work is performed by a contractor properly licensed in the city or county of the project.
AXA South is a contracting and program-management firm, not a licensed trade.
The market, honestly.
Colorado Springs is one of the densest concentrations of Space Force and Army demand in the country. Denver-area state and civilian federal spending fills out an IT- and facilities-heavy market.
Military space and satellite operations along the Front Range, aerospace manufacturing, federal science laboratories, outdoor-goods manufacturing, and energy extraction on the Western Slope.
For grounds & landscaping specifically in Colorado, our model is direct: AXA South responds to the solicitation, holds the contract, and runs the program. Local crews and licensed trade partners in Colorado perform the work that requires their license or specialized credentials.
Peterson, Schriever, Buckley, and the Air Force Academy give Colorado Springs and Denver an unusually dense cluster of installations within short driving distance, which favors vendors who can service several sites on one route. CDOT and the Colorado Department of Corrections are the highest-volume state buyers.
State fiscal year ends June 30. Space Force and Space Command requirements in the state increasingly move through longer-cycle multiple-award vehicles rather than open annual bids. 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.
Colorado has no statewide minority set-aside for general procurement. CDOT administers a federal DBE program, and Denver runs its own MWBE and SBE requirements on city contracts, which are separate from the state's.
Assuming a Denver city registration covers the state. Denver's certification and bidding system is independent of Colorado VSS, and vendors regularly miss city solicitations because they only watch the state portal.
Colorado VSS
https://www.colorado.gov/vss/
Operated by the Colorado State Purchasing and Contracts Office.
- · Peterson Space Force Base
- · Schriever Space Force Base
- · Buckley Space Force Base
- · Fort Carson
- · US Air Force Academy
- · Colorado DOT
- · Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration
No state Little Davis-Bacon. Federal-funded work follows the Davis-Bacon Act.
Colorado licenses construction at the municipal level rather than statewide. Qualifying work is performed by a contractor properly licensed in the city or county of the project.
What this contract covers in Colorado.
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Mowing, edging, and turf programs
Calendar-driven cutting routes with growth-regulator programs for high-visibility frontage and athletic surfaces.
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Irrigation install and repair
Backflow-tested install, controller programming, and seasonal blow-outs. Performed by licensed irrigators where state law requires.
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Tree, stump, and storm response
ISA-certified arborist work for hazard trees, plus on-call storm response for limbs down and access clearing.
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Pesticide and herbicide applications
Performed under the applicator license of the executing crew, with usage logs and SDS available on request.
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Seasonal color and landscape refresh
Annual bed turns, mulch installs, and shrub replacement on a published schedule.
We respond to solicitations and execute work statewide. Common delivery markets for grounds & landscaping in Colorado include Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora.
Can you cover multi-site mowing routes across a region?
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Yes. We build the route, contract the crews, and run the QC. For agencies with multiple sites in one state, we typically consolidate under a single task order with site-level invoicing.
Who carries the pesticide applicator license?
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The executing crew member who applies the chemical. We confirm license number and category before the first application and re-verify annually.
Do you handle VA national cemetery standards?
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Yes. Stone-trim, headstone safety, and ceremonial-day prep are covered in our standard cemetery scope, performed to NCA guidance.