Janitorial & Custodial contracting in Texas
Recurring custodial routes for office buildings, courthouses, clinics, depots, and schools. AXA South holds the contract, sets the SLA, and runs the program against agency standards while a vetted local crew puts hands on 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 categoryNo license is required to bid or hold the prime janitorial contract. Local crews are insured under our program and trained to the agency's standards.
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 janitorial & custodial 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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Daily, periodic, and project cleaning
Routine nightly cleans plus quarterly carpet, strip-and-wax, high-dust, and window programs scheduled around occupied hours.
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Healthcare and clinical environments
Terminal cleaning, OSHA bloodborne-pathogen protocols, and EPA List N disinfectants for clinics, VA outpatient sites, and lab spaces.
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AbilityOne and section 503/504 awareness
We respect AbilityOne mandatory-source designations and structure responses accordingly when a building falls on the procurement list.
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Green Seal and sustainable products
GS-37 and GS-40 chemistry, microfiber-based methods, and reduced-water floor care when the agency requires it.
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Supervision and quality control
On-site supervisor, AQL-based inspection sheets, and corrective-action turnaround documented in a monthly QC report.
We respond to solicitations and execute work statewide. Common delivery markets for janitorial & custodial in Texas include Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, EL Paso.
Do you self-perform the cleaning?
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We do not maintain a national crew payroll. We hold the contract and run the program, and the labor is performed by a vetted local crew managed against our SLAs and the agency's PWS. This keeps wages, benefits, and supervision local while the agency sees one accountable prime.
Can you respond to a Service Contract Act solicitation?
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Yes. We map every labor category to the applicable SCA wage determination, layer fringe correctly, and submit certified payroll on the cadence the agency requires.
What about AbilityOne mandatory sources?
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When the building is on the AbilityOne Procurement List, we will tell you up front and either step aside or team with the designated nonprofit agency where appropriate. We do not chase awards we are not allowed to hold.