Selecting a job order contracting consultant is important to the success of a Job Order Contract for Owners that are new to the concept, or who may wish to improve their existing program.
- First and foremost the Job Order Contracting Consultant must be Independent and Objective. They should not be paid a percentage of the JOC construction volume, especially is they are involved in approving individual JOC task orders and/or projects.
- The JOC consultant should be able to address all aspects of Job Order Contract implementation and management including Who, What, How, Why, and Timing. This includes, but is not limited to Job Order Contract strategic planning and development, Unit Price Book development, Job Order Contracting Software, Education, Training, and Certification, Ongoing Support, creation of a JOC Operations Manual, Policies and Procedures, Objectives and Goals, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), JOC Program Marketing, and Information Handover.
- Selecting a Job Order Contracting Consultant should always be done with goal of long term benefit to ALL JOC Program participants… Owners, Contractors, Subcontractors, Building Users, and Oversight Groups.
- Experience is also central to selecting a Job Order Contracting Consultant. This experience, however, should NOT be limited to simply managing JOC programs from an owner perspective. The JOC Consultant should have team members who have been DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN CONSTRUCTION from both an Owner and Contractor perspective, EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING LOCALLY RESEARCHED LINE ITEM COST DATA and JOC UNIT BOOKS , world-class TRAINING capabilities, and Cloud-based SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT and IMPLEMENTATION.
- The overall GOAL when selecting a Job Order Contracting Consultant should be to eventually establish and manage the JOC Program internally, an “owner-managed” JOC. An Owner-management JOC is the most efficient and least costly mode of JOC Program implementation for Owners with numerous and ongoing renovation and repair needs exceeding approximately $2,000,000 per year.
Selecting a Job Order Contracting Consultant
The various services provided by a Job Order Contracting Consultant include, but are not limited to:
- Strategic planning for the JOC Program
- Development of the JOC Program inclusive of a JOC Operations Manual
- Locally Researched Line Item JOC Unit Price Book
- JOC Program Marketing
- JOC Program Contractor Selection Support
- JOC Education, Training, and Support
- JOC Audits – Project and Program Level
- Review, clarify, document JOC Proposal Requests
- Participate in JOC Project on-site meetings
- Review JOC Proposals
- Review JOC Contractor Job Order Packages
- Verify JOC Contractor Proposals
- Monitor JOC Workflow
- Assure JOC Program Compliance
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