Staffing & Professional Services contracting in North Dakota
Staff augmentation, program-support, and administrative services for agencies that need qualified people on a task order without standing up permanent headcount.
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 hold these contracts. Cleared work is delivered through teaming with partners holding the appropriate facility clearance.
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 staffing & professional services 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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LCAT-priced staff augmentation
Program analysts, schedulers, technical writers, contract specialists, and admin support mapped line-by-line to LCAT requirements.
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Program and project management support
PMs and project controls embedded with agency program offices, reporting in the agency's tooling.
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Training and documentation
Curriculum design, SOP authoring, and end-user training rollouts for new processes and systems.
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Translation and language services
Document translation and interpreter services through qualified linguists.
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Cleared roles through teaming
Roles requiring active clearances are routed through teaming partners holding the appropriate FCL.
We respond to solicitations and execute work statewide. Common delivery markets for staffing & professional services in North Dakota include Fargo, Bismarck.
Do placed staff become agency employees?
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No. Placed staff remain employees of AXA South or our teaming partner for the duration of the task order.
Can you support cleared positions?
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Yes, through teaming with partners holding the appropriate facility clearance.
How fast can you fill a role?
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For named candidates against a known LCAT, typically inside two weeks. For broader searches, three to six weeks depending on clearance and specialization.