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Waste & Recycling contracting in Texas

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 Texas

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.

TexasTexas licenses construction at the trade level rather than statewide GC. Qualifying work is performed by appropriately licensed trades.

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

Texas

The market, honestly.

Texas is the largest defense market in the country by installation count. Combined with the largest decentralized state buying program in the South, it produces constant demand across every category we cover.

Energy production and refining, aerospace and space operations, semiconductors, agriculture, border logistics, and the largest concentration of Army installations in the country.

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

Fort Cavazos, Fort Bliss, Fort Sam Houston, Lackland, Randolph, Dyess, Sheppard, and NASA Johnson each buy independently. Texas state procurement is decentralized: the Comptroller runs statewide contracts, but large agencies, TxDOT, the university systems, and independent school districts all hold their own purchasing authority.

Timing

Texas' state fiscal year ends August 31, one month before the federal year, which produces two distinct year-end waves five weeks apart. The Legislature meets biennially, so major funding shifts land in odd-numbered years. 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

Texas runs the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program with statewide participation goals that vary by procurement category, and a HUB subcontracting plan is mandatory on many contracts above threshold.

Where bids die

Submitting without a compliant HUB subcontracting plan. In Texas this is the leading cause of otherwise competitive bids being thrown out, and the plan format is not negotiable after opening.

State portal

Texas SmartBuy / ESBD

https://www.txsmartbuy.com/

Operated by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Statewide Procurement Division.

Federal sites in Texas
  • · Joint Base San Antonio
  • · Fort Hood / Fort Cavazos
  • · Naval Air Station Corpus Christi
  • · Naval Air Station Kingsville
  • · Sheppard Air Force Base
  • · Dyess Air Force Base
  • · Laughlin Air Force Base
  • · Goodfellow Air Force Base
Key state buyers
  • · TxDOT
  • · Texas HHS
  • · University of Texas system
  • · Texas A&M system
Prevailing wage

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

Construction licensing

Texas licenses construction at the trade level rather than statewide GC. Qualifying work is performed by appropriately licensed trades.

Scope

What this contract covers in Texas.

  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 Texas

We respond to solicitations and execute work statewide. Common delivery markets for waste & recycling in Texas include Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, EL Paso.

Other contracts we hold in Texas
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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