Janitorial & Custodial contracting in West Virginia
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.
West VirginiaWest Virginia requires a state contractor license. Qualifying work is performed by a licensed contractor of record.
AXA South is a contracting and program-management firm, not a licensed trade.
The market, honestly.
West Virginia's federal demand is modest. State civilian spending out of Charleston runs steady, with energy-corridor adjacency shaping certain supply categories.
Coal and natural gas, chemical manufacturing along the Kanawha Valley, and a significant federal back-office presence including IRS and FBI operations centers.
For janitorial & custodial specifically in West Virginia, our model is direct: AXA South responds to the solicitation, holds the contract, and runs the program. Local crews and licensed trade partners in West Virginia perform the work that requires their license or specialized credentials.
The FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services division in Clarksburg and other federal facilities buy IT, facilities, and administrative support rather than field logistics. The Purchasing Division runs a formal statewide bid process, and county boards of education buy independently.
State fiscal year ends June 30. Mountain terrain and winter weather compress construction and exterior work windows across much of the state. 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.
West Virginia applies a resident vendor preference on state contracts and administers the federal DBE program through the Department of Transportation; there is no general minority set-aside.
Missing the resident vendor preference math. An out-of-state vendor needs to be meaningfully lower to win, and pricing that ignores the preference percentage wastes the bid.
West Virginia wvOASIS Vendor Portal
https://www.state.wv.us/admin/purchase/
Operated by the West Virginia Purchasing Division.
- · Sugar Grove Station
- · WV Air National Guard at Charleston and Martinsburg
- · WVDOT
- · WV Department of Health and Human Resources
West Virginia prevailing wage was repealed; federal-funded work follows the Davis-Bacon Act.
West Virginia requires a state contractor license. Qualifying work is performed by a licensed contractor of record.
What this contract covers in West Virginia.
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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 West Virginia include Charleston WV, Huntington.
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.