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IT Hardware & Software contracting in Colorado

IT hardware, software licensing, and renewals for government buyers. Sourced through manufacturer-authorized distribution with TAA screening on every line.

How AXA South operates in Colorado

No special license required. No professional or trade license is required to bid, hold, or fulfill this contract. AXA South is the contracting party and sources products and services through manufacturer-authorized distributors and qualified vendors, delivered to the agency's specifications.

This categoryNo license is required. We source through manufacturer-authorized distribution so warranty, deal registration, and TAA documentation remain clean.

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.

Colorado

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 it hardware & software specifically in Colorado, our model is direct: AXA South responds to the solicitation, holds the contract, and runs the program. We source through manufacturer-authorized distribution and deliver to the receiving address the agency specifies.

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.

Timing

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.

Set-asides

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.

Where bids die

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.

State portal

Colorado VSS

https://www.colorado.gov/vss/

Operated by the Colorado State Purchasing and Contracts Office.

Federal sites in Colorado
  • · Peterson Space Force Base
  • · Schriever Space Force Base
  • · Buckley Space Force Base
  • · Fort Carson
  • · US Air Force Academy
Key state buyers
  • · Colorado DOT
  • · Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration
Prevailing wage

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

Construction licensing

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.

Scope

What this contract covers in Colorado.

  1. 01

    Servers, storage, and networking

    Dell, HPE, Cisco, Juniper, Arista, and NetApp through authorized distribution.

  2. 02

    End-user devices and accessories

    Workstations, laptops, displays, peripherals, and docks with asset tagging on request.

  3. 03

    Software, SaaS, and licensing

    Microsoft, Adobe, VMware, ServiceNow, AWS, Azure, and security stacks on the government programs each publisher offers.

  4. 04

    Renewals and true-ups

    Calendar-tracked renewals with quote-ahead so coverage does not lapse.

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    Deal registration and publisher programs

    We register opportunities with publishers under the appropriate government channel program.

Where we deliver in Colorado

We respond to solicitations and execute work statewide. Common delivery markets for it hardware & software in Colorado include Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora.

Other contracts we hold in Colorado
FAQ

Can you quote off SEWP, NASPO, or GSA IT?

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Yes, directly where we hold the vehicle and through teaming with contract holders where we do not. We disclose the path on every quote.

Do you support OCONUS IT deployments?

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Yes. Export classification, freight to overseas DoDAACs, and on-site staging through partners with in-country presence.

Are you a CMMC-compliant supplier?

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We maintain controls appropriate to the CUI we touch and route classified or higher-CMMC work through partners holding the required level.

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