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Who can bid on small federal janitorial contracts in Texas?

Short answer: Any business registered in SAM.gov can bid on federal janitorial work in Texas, and most small janitorial jobs are set aside for small businesses. Janitorial services fall under NAICS 561720. Between the $15,000 micro-purchase threshold and the $350,000 simplified acquisition threshold, federal contracting officers must set the job aside for small business when two or more responsible small businesses are expected to bid (FAR 19.502-2).

What you need before you bid

  • A free SAM.gov registration (Unique Entity ID, then entity validation, bank details and NAICS codes).
  • NAICS 561720 (Janitorial Services) listed in your registration. See the NAICS 561720 page for the SBA size standard and open jobs.
  • Active general liability insurance, usually $1 million or more per occurrence, and a business license.
  • Small-business size under the SBA size standard for your NAICS code, if the job is a small-business set-aside.

Where Texas janitorial jobs are posted

Federal janitorial and custodial solicitations are posted on SAM.gov under Contract Opportunities. Search NAICS 561720 and filter by place of performance. Texas has a large base of federal buildings, including military installations, VA facilities, courthouses and national forests, so there is steady demand. XL Eagle lists the open Texas cleaning bids and the Texas janitorial guide covers prevailing wage and local requirements.

Service Contract Act wage rates

Federal janitorial contracts are usually covered by the Service Contract Act, which sets minimum wages and fringe benefits by county through Department of Labor wage determinations. Price your bid on the wage determination attached to the solicitation, not on your usual rates.

If you are not registered

XL Eagle bids as the prime contractor under its own registrations. You send your price for a job, we write and submit the bid, and if we win you do the work as our subcontractor. Search open jobs or read how the model works.

Sources

XL Eagle LLC (UEI K6SYWSWZAMY9, CAGE 11R42) is an SBA small business and federal prime contractor in Austin, Texas, with 48 federal awards totalling $2.3 million, all public record on USAspending.gov. Updated 2026-11-12. More answers

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