Security Guard Services contracting in New Mexico
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 MexicoNew Mexico requires a CID contractor license. Qualifying work is performed by a CID-licensed contractor of record.
AXA South is a contracting and program-management firm, not a licensed trade.
The market, honestly.
New Mexico carries one of the densest national-laboratory and Air Force footprints in the country. Kirtland, Holloman, White Sands, Cannon, and the Los Alamos and Sandia laboratories drive deep federal demand year-round.
National laboratories at Los Alamos and Sandia, missile and space testing at White Sands and Holloman, oil and gas in the Permian, and ranching across the rest of the state.
For security guard services specifically in New Mexico, 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 Mexico perform the work that requires their license or specialized credentials.
Los Alamos and Sandia buy through their management and operating contractors, which makes them subcontract markets with their own supplier qualification systems. White Sands Missile Range generates test-support, instrumentation, and remote-site facilities demand.
State fiscal year ends June 30. Lab procurement follows Department of Energy program funding rather than the state calendar. 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 Mexico applies a resident business and resident veteran preference on state contracts. Tribal governments across the state's pueblos and nations procure independently, and federal 8(a) tribal entities are significant participants in the local market.
Bidding lab work through the wrong door. Registering with the M&O contractor's supply chain organization is the prerequisite, and it is not the same as being registered in SAM.
New Mexico Sourcing
https://www.generalservices.state.nm.us/state-purchasing/
Operated by the New Mexico State Purchasing Division.
- · Kirtland Air Force Base
- · Holloman Air Force Base
- · White Sands Missile Range
- · Cannon Air Force Base
- · Los Alamos National Laboratory
- · Sandia National Laboratories
- · NMDOT
- · NM Human Services Department
New Mexico prevailing wage applies to qualifying state public-works projects.
New Mexico requires a CID contractor license. Qualifying work is performed by a CID-licensed contractor of record.
What this contract covers in New Mexico.
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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 Mexico include Albuquerque, Santa FE, Las Cruces.
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.