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HVAC, Electrical & Plumbing contracting in New Hampshire

Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing service contracts for government buildings. We carry the contract and the agency relationship. Licensed master electricians, mechanical contractors, and plumbers in the project state perform the work.

How AXA South operates in New Hampshire

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 categoryAll electrical, mechanical, and plumbing labor is performed by contractors holding the master licenses required in the project state. License numbers and insurance are documented at award.

New HampshireNew Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire

The market, honestly.

New Hampshire pulls federal demand from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Pease. State civilian spending out of Concord rounds out a small but stable buying base.

Precision manufacturing, defense electronics, submarine overhaul work tied to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and a tourism and outdoor-recreation economy in the north.

For hvac, electrical & plumbing specifically in New Hampshire, 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 Hampshire perform the work that requires their license or specialized credentials.

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard performs submarine overhauls on multi-year availabilities, which makes it a milestone-driven subcontract and supply market. State purchasing under the Department of Administrative Services is compact and centralized.

Timing

State fiscal year ends June 30. Shipyard availability schedules, not the fiscal year, set the rhythm for the state's largest federal work. 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

New Hampshire does not operate a state minority set-aside program. NHDOT administers the federal DBE program, and federal socioeconomic categories apply on federally funded contracts.

Where bids die

Approaching the shipyard as a prime market. Most accessible work there flows through established overhaul contractors, and supplier qualification precedes any quote.

State portal

NH Vendor Registration

https://das.nh.gov/purchasing/

Operated by the New Hampshire Department of Administrative Services, Procurement and Property.

Federal sites in New Hampshire
  • · Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shared with ME)
  • · Pease Air National Guard Base
Key state buyers
  • · NHDOT
  • · NH Department of Health and Human Services
Prevailing wage

No state Little Davis-Bacon. Federal-funded work follows the Davis-Bacon Act.

Construction licensing

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

Scope

What this contract covers in New Hampshire.

  1. 01

    HVAC service and replacement

    Chillers, boilers, RTUs, VAVs, and split systems on a PM cadence with chemistry, refrigerant management, and EPA Section 608 compliance.

  2. 02

    Electrical service and minor construction

    Panel and gear service, lighting retrofits, generator and transfer-switch service, and emergency power testing.

  3. 03

    Plumbing service and small projects

    Domestic water, drain, backflow, and fixture work. Backflow testing performed by state-certified testers.

  4. 04

    Controls and BAS integration

    Sequence tuning, sensor calibration, and integration on Tridium, Siemens, JCI, and Automated Logic stacks.

  5. 05

    Code-required testing and reporting

    Generator load banks, sprinkler inspections, ATS exercises, and water-quality sampling with logs submitted to the agency.

Where we deliver in New Hampshire

We respond to solicitations and execute work statewide. Common delivery markets for hvac, electrical & plumbing in New Hampshire include Manchester, Concord.

Other contracts we hold in New Hampshire
FAQ

Can you handle hospital-grade HVAC and isolation rooms?

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Yes. We work to ASHRAE 170 and the agency's infection-control plan, with pressure verification and reporting on completion.

Who is responsible if a code issue is discovered?

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The licensed trade subcontractor flags the finding and proposes the remediation. We coordinate scope, pricing, and approval through the agency before work proceeds.

Can you support 24/7 mission-critical sites?

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Yes, through partners with on-call rotations and credentialed staff cleared to enter mission-critical and SCIF-adjacent space when required.

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