Office Supplies & MRO contracting in North Dakota
Office products, industrial supply, safety, and MRO for government agencies. We quote against your RFQs, screen for TAA and Buy American, and ship through manufacturer-authorized distribution.
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 to bid or hold a supply contract. Items ship from manufacturer-authorized distribution with full warranty traceability.
North DakotaNorth Dakota requires contractor licensing for projects above the threshold. 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.
North Dakota's federal market is anchored by Minot and Grand Forks AFB. State spending out of Bismarck is small but consistent.
Oil production in the Bakken, agriculture, unmanned aircraft research around Grand Forks, and two Air Force bases supporting strategic missions.
For office supplies & mro specifically in North Dakota, 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.
Minot and Grand Forks generate facility, fuel, and cold-weather support requirements, with Grand Forks increasingly tied to unmanned systems work. The State Procurement Office runs a compact state contract program, and oilfield-region counties buy infrastructure at a scale disproportionate to their population.
State fiscal year ends June 30 on a biennial budget. Winter conditions and the short construction season are the binding schedule constraint. 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.
North Dakota has no general minority set-aside program. NDDOT administers the federal DBE program, and tribal governments on the state's reservations procure under their own codes.
Pricing labor at national averages in the Bakken counties. Local labor and lodging costs there behave differently from the rest of the state and destroy thin margins.
North Dakota PeopleSoft Supplier Portal
https://www.nd.gov/omb/agency/procurement
Operated by the North Dakota Office of Management and Budget, State Procurement Office.
- · Minot Air Force Base
- · Grand Forks Air Force Base
- · NDDOT
- · ND Department of Health and Human Services
No state Little Davis-Bacon. Federal-funded work follows the Davis-Bacon Act.
North Dakota requires contractor licensing for projects above the threshold. Qualifying work is performed by a licensed contractor of record.
What this contract covers in North Dakota.
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Office products and breakroom
Paper, toner, writing instruments, breakroom, and janitorial pull through a single quote and PO.
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Industrial MRO and safety
Hand and power tools, fasteners, PPE, lockout-tagout, and shop consumables.
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Furniture refresh and reconfiguration
Seating, systems furniture, and ancillary on GSA or open-market with delivery and install.
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TAA and Buy American screening
Part-by-part compliance check before submission with country-of-origin disclosure on every line.
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Punchout and contract catalogs
We can stand up a contract catalog or punchout for agencies that buy recurringly.
We respond to solicitations and execute work statewide. Common delivery markets for office supplies & mro in North Dakota include Fargo, Bismarck.
Can you set up a punchout or contract catalog?
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Yes. For recurring buyers we build a contract catalog with agency-approved SKUs, pricing, and reorder rules.
Do you handle micropurchase-card buys?
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Yes, with same-day quoting and credit-card processing for items under the simplified acquisition threshold.
Are your products TAA compliant?
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We screen every line before submission. If a requested SKU is not TAA compliant, we propose a compliant alternate rather than ship something that will fail at receipt.