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Waste & Recycling contracting in Minnesota

Solid waste, recycling, electronics recycling, and hazardous-waste handling for government sites. AXA South coordinates the program; permitted haulers and TSDFs do the work.

How AXA South operates in Minnesota

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.

MinnesotaMinnesota requires a contractor license for residential and certain commercial work. Qualifying work is performed by an appropriately licensed contractor.

AXA South is a contracting and program-management firm, not a licensed trade.

Minnesota

The market, honestly.

Minnesota's federal demand is modest relative to its civilian state footprint, which runs at the high end nationally for procurement maturity and competitive solicitations.

Medical device manufacturing, agriculture and food processing, iron ore on the Range, and a large healthcare and higher-education sector.

For waste & recycling specifically in Minnesota, our model is direct: AXA South responds to the solicitation, holds the contract, and runs the program. Local crews and licensed trade partners in Minnesota perform the work that requires their license or specialized credentials.

Federal presence is modest relative to the state's size, so MnDOT, the Department of Administration, the University of Minnesota, and county governments account for most volume. Minnesota's cooperative purchasing venture extends state contracts to local entities statewide.

Timing

State fiscal year ends June 30. Winter severity concentrates road, grounds, and exterior facility work into a short season and drives large advance purchases of salt, equipment, and cold-weather supplies each fall. 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.

Set-asides

Minnesota runs Targeted Group Business (TG), Economically Disadvantaged (ED), and Veteran-Owned preference programs offering bid preferences of up to 6 percent on state contracts.

Where bids die

Failing to register for the Cooperative Purchasing Venture. Vendors win a state contract and then never see the local-government order volume it was supposed to unlock.

State portal

Minnesota SWIFT Supplier Portal

https://supplier.systems.state.mn.us/

Operated by the Minnesota Department of Administration, Office of State Procurement.

Federal sites in Minnesota
  • · Camp Ripley
  • · Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station
Key state buyers
  • · MnDOT
  • · Minnesota Department of Human Services
  • · University of Minnesota
Prevailing wage

Minnesota prevailing wage applies to qualifying state public-works projects.

Construction licensing

Minnesota requires a contractor license for residential and certain commercial work. Qualifying work is performed by an appropriately licensed contractor.

Scope

What this contract covers in Minnesota.

  1. 01

    Solid waste and recycling routes

    Containers, schedules, and reporting tuned to the site's actual generation.

  2. 02

    Electronics recycling and IT disposition

    R2 or e-Stewards-certified processors with data-destruction certificates per device.

  3. 03

    Hazardous and universal waste

    Manifested pickup through permitted haulers and TSDFs. Generator records maintained for agency files.

  4. 04

    Document destruction

    On-site shred or off-site secure destruction with certificates and chain-of-custody.

  5. 05

    Sustainability reporting

    Diversion, recycling, and disposal metrics in the format the agency reports under EO and OMB guidance.

Where we deliver in Minnesota

We respond to solicitations and execute work statewide. Common delivery markets for waste & recycling in Minnesota include Minneapolis, Saint Paul.

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FAQ

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.

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