Security Guard Services contracting in West Virginia
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.
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 security guard services 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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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 West Virginia include Charleston WV, Huntington.
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.