Waste & Recycling contracting in Colorado
Solid waste, recycling, electronics recycling, and hazardous-waste handling for government sites. AXA South coordinates the program; permitted haulers and TSDFs do the work.
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 categoryHaulers and TSDFs operate under their own state and EPA permits. AXA South holds the agency contract and runs the program.
ColoradoColorado licenses construction at the municipal level rather than statewide. Qualifying work is performed by a contractor properly licensed in the city or county of the project.
AXA South is a contracting and program-management firm, not a licensed trade.
The market, honestly.
Colorado Springs is one of the densest concentrations of Space Force and Army demand in the country. Denver-area state and civilian federal spending fills out an IT- and facilities-heavy market.
Military space and satellite operations along the Front Range, aerospace manufacturing, federal science laboratories, outdoor-goods manufacturing, and energy extraction on the Western Slope.
For waste & recycling specifically in Colorado, our model is direct: AXA South responds to the solicitation, holds the contract, and runs the program. Local crews and licensed trade partners in Colorado perform the work that requires their license or specialized credentials.
Peterson, Schriever, Buckley, and the Air Force Academy give Colorado Springs and Denver an unusually dense cluster of installations within short driving distance, which favors vendors who can service several sites on one route. CDOT and the Colorado Department of Corrections are the highest-volume state buyers.
State fiscal year ends June 30. Space Force and Space Command requirements in the state increasingly move through longer-cycle multiple-award vehicles rather than open annual bids. 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.
Colorado has no statewide minority set-aside for general procurement. CDOT administers a federal DBE program, and Denver runs its own MWBE and SBE requirements on city contracts, which are separate from the state's.
Assuming a Denver city registration covers the state. Denver's certification and bidding system is independent of Colorado VSS, and vendors regularly miss city solicitations because they only watch the state portal.
Colorado VSS
https://www.colorado.gov/vss/
Operated by the Colorado State Purchasing and Contracts Office.
- · Peterson Space Force Base
- · Schriever Space Force Base
- · Buckley Space Force Base
- · Fort Carson
- · US Air Force Academy
- · Colorado DOT
- · Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration
No state Little Davis-Bacon. Federal-funded work follows the Davis-Bacon Act.
Colorado licenses construction at the municipal level rather than statewide. Qualifying work is performed by a contractor properly licensed in the city or county of the project.
What this contract covers in Colorado.
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Solid waste and recycling routes
Containers, schedules, and reporting tuned to the site's actual generation.
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Electronics recycling and IT disposition
R2 or e-Stewards-certified processors with data-destruction certificates per device.
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Hazardous and universal waste
Manifested pickup through permitted haulers and TSDFs. Generator records maintained for agency files.
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Document destruction
On-site shred or off-site secure destruction with certificates and chain-of-custody.
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Sustainability reporting
Diversion, recycling, and disposal metrics in the format the agency reports under EO and OMB guidance.
We respond to solicitations and execute work statewide. Common delivery markets for waste & recycling in Colorado include Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora.
Can you handle classified or sensitive media destruction?
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Yes, through NSA-listed destruction partners for classified media. Standard secure destruction is documented per device.
Do you provide diversion reporting?
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Yes. Monthly diversion and disposal reports formatted for OMB Scorecard and agency sustainability dashboards.
Can you mobilize for a one-time cleanout?
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Yes. We scope, price, and execute one-time cleanouts on stand-alone POs.