Security Guard Services contracting in New Jersey
Unarmed and armed security guard programs for government sites. We hold the contract; licensed guard companies provide the officers where state law requires.
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 categoryGuard companies operate under their own state guard licenses and officer registrations. We coordinate the program where the state permits the broker/prime model.
New JerseyNew Jersey licenses construction at the trade level. Qualifying work is performed by appropriately licensed trades.
AXA South is a contracting and program-management firm, not a licensed trade.
The market, honestly.
New Jersey demand combines the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst footprint with one of the country's denser state civilian agency programs. Picatinny Arsenal drives steady engineering and supply work.
Pharmaceutical manufacturing, chemical processing, port and rail freight at Newark and Elizabeth, and a large logistics and warehousing base serving the Northeast corridor.
For security guard services specifically in New Jersey, our model is direct: AXA South responds to the solicitation, holds the contract, and runs the program. Local crews and licensed trade partners in New Jersey perform the work that requires their license or specialized credentials.
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst combines Air Force, Army, and Navy operations on one installation, so its buying spans airlift support, training ranges, and naval air systems. State procurement through the Division of Purchase and Property is formal and heavily documented.
State fiscal year ends June 30. New Jersey's Business Registration Certificate requirement applies before contract award, and processing time should be handled well ahead of any bid. 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.
New Jersey certifies Small Business Enterprises with tiered revenue categories, plus MBE, WBE, and veteran-owned designations, and applies set-aside targets across state contracting.
Missing the Business Registration Certificate and Chapter 51 political-contribution disclosures. Both are award-blocking conditions in New Jersey and neither is optional paperwork.
New Jersey NJSTART
https://www.njstart.gov/
Operated by the New Jersey Division of Purchase and Property.
- · Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
- · Picatinny Arsenal
- · US Coast Guard Training Center Cape May
- · NJDOT
- · NJ Department of Human Services
- · Rutgers
New Jersey prevailing wage applies to qualifying state public-works projects.
New Jersey licenses construction at the trade level. Qualifying work is performed by appropriately licensed trades.
What this contract covers in New Jersey.
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Unarmed access control and patrol
Lobby control, badge issuance, and roving patrol on a published post schedule.
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Armed officer programs
Armed officer staffing where the agency requires it and the project state allows the model.
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Special-event security
Surge coverage for events, ceremonies, and short-term details.
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Screening and credentialing
Background checks, fitness for duty, and agency-specific suitability screening.
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Reporting and incident response
Daily activity reports, incident logs, and post-incident review.
We respond to solicitations and execute work statewide. Common delivery markets for security guard services in New Jersey include Newark, Trenton, Jersey City.
In which states do you operate as prime on guard contracts?
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We operate where the project state permits a non-licensed prime over a licensed guard company. In states that require the prime itself to hold a guard license, we either team with a licensed prime or step aside.
Can your officers be armed?
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Where the agency authorizes and state law allows, yes, through guard partners with the required armed credentials.
How are incidents documented?
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Daily activity reports plus same-shift incident reports, with after-action review when warranted.