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Waste & Recycling contracting in West Virginia

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 West Virginia

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.

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.

West Virginia

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 waste & recycling 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.

Timing

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.

Set-asides

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.

Where bids die

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.

State portal

West Virginia wvOASIS Vendor Portal

https://www.state.wv.us/admin/purchase/

Operated by the West Virginia Purchasing Division.

Federal sites in West Virginia
  • · Sugar Grove Station
  • · WV Air National Guard at Charleston and Martinsburg
Key state buyers
  • · WVDOT
  • · WV Department of Health and Human Resources
Prevailing wage

West Virginia prevailing wage was repealed; federal-funded work follows the Davis-Bacon Act.

Construction licensing

West Virginia requires a state contractor license. Qualifying work is performed by a licensed contractor of record.

Scope

What this contract covers in West Virginia.

  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 West Virginia

We respond to solicitations and execute work statewide. Common delivery markets for waste & recycling in West Virginia include Charleston WV, Huntington.

Other contracts we hold in West Virginia
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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