Grounds & Landscaping contracting in Texas
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.
TexasTexas licenses construction at the trade level rather than statewide GC. Qualifying work is performed by appropriately licensed trades.
AXA South is a contracting and program-management firm, not a licensed trade.
The market, honestly.
Texas is the largest defense market in the country by installation count. Combined with the largest decentralized state buying program in the South, it produces constant demand across every category we cover.
Energy production and refining, aerospace and space operations, semiconductors, agriculture, border logistics, and the largest concentration of Army installations in the country.
For grounds & landscaping specifically in Texas, our model is direct: AXA South responds to the solicitation, holds the contract, and runs the program. Local crews and licensed trade partners in Texas perform the work that requires their license or specialized credentials.
Fort Cavazos, Fort Bliss, Fort Sam Houston, Lackland, Randolph, Dyess, Sheppard, and NASA Johnson each buy independently. Texas state procurement is decentralized: the Comptroller runs statewide contracts, but large agencies, TxDOT, the university systems, and independent school districts all hold their own purchasing authority.
Texas' state fiscal year ends August 31, one month before the federal year, which produces two distinct year-end waves five weeks apart. The Legislature meets biennially, so major funding shifts land in odd-numbered years. 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.
Texas runs the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program with statewide participation goals that vary by procurement category, and a HUB subcontracting plan is mandatory on many contracts above threshold.
Submitting without a compliant HUB subcontracting plan. In Texas this is the leading cause of otherwise competitive bids being thrown out, and the plan format is not negotiable after opening.
Texas SmartBuy / ESBD
https://www.txsmartbuy.com/
Operated by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Statewide Procurement Division.
- · Joint Base San Antonio
- · Fort Hood / Fort Cavazos
- · Naval Air Station Corpus Christi
- · Naval Air Station Kingsville
- · Sheppard Air Force Base
- · Dyess Air Force Base
- · Laughlin Air Force Base
- · Goodfellow Air Force Base
- · TxDOT
- · Texas HHS
- · University of Texas system
- · Texas A&M system
Texas prevailing wage applies to qualifying state public-works projects.
Texas licenses construction at the trade level rather than statewide GC. Qualifying work is performed by appropriately licensed trades.
What this contract covers in Texas.
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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 Texas include Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, EL Paso.
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.