Grounds & Landscaping contracting in New York
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.
New YorkNew York licenses construction at the city and county level. Qualifying work is performed by appropriately licensed contractors in the project jurisdiction.
AXA South is a contracting and program-management firm, not a licensed trade.
The market, honestly.
New York pairs Fort Drum and West Point with the largest state agency civilian buying program in the Northeast. NYC metro authorities like the MTA and Port Authority operate adjacent procurement programs at scale.
Financial services, healthcare and academic medical systems, agriculture and dairy upstate, semiconductor investment in the Capital Region, and heavy transit and infrastructure spending downstate.
For grounds & landscaping specifically in New York, our model is direct: AXA South responds to the solicitation, holds the contract, and runs the program. Local crews and licensed trade partners in New York perform the work that requires their license or specialized credentials.
Fort Drum supports a light infantry division with cold-weather training demand. On the civil side, OGS runs centralized contracts, but the MTA, Port Authority, and public authorities buy independently at scales larger than most states, each with its own registration and prequalification.
New York's state fiscal year ends March 31, which is unusual and important: the state spend-down happens in February and March, months before most other states, and again before the federal year-end in September. 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.
New York enforces a 30 percent MWBE participation goal, one of the highest in the country, plus a 6 percent SDVOB goal, with utilization plans required at bid submission.
Planning around a June state year-end. New York's March 31 close catches out-of-state vendors every year, and the authorities' separate calendars add further variation.
New York State Contract Reporter
https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/
Operated by the New York Office of General Services, Procurement Services.
- · Fort Drum
- · West Point
- · Fort Hamilton
- · Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station
- · NYSDOT
- · NY OGS
- · SUNY system
- · MTA
New York prevailing wage applies broadly to public-works projects.
New York licenses construction at the city and county level. Qualifying work is performed by appropriately licensed contractors in the project jurisdiction.
What this contract covers in New York.
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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 New York include New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse.
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.