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Innovative LEAN Construction Tools

Job Order Contracting

An innovative, yet proven method of construction services planning, procurement, and project delivery is gaining traction with owners who require consistent quality repair, renovation, and construction services that are both on-time, and on-budget. Continuous Improvement. Focus Upon Outcomes.

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Army Job Order Contracts FAIL to meet AFARS requirements MOST OF THE TIME

Job Order Contracting

But that’s not all, the DoD doesn’t leverage current system thinking and robust, integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery workflows to maximize utilization of resource. The contracting officer shall negotiate the modification and make a determination that the price is fair and reasonable. (d)

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Job Order Contracting – Recommended Best Practices

Job Order Contracting

All the tools , training , information, processes, and support are available to ANY procurement and facilities management team that wants to consistently deliver renovation, repair, and minor new construction project on-time, on-budget, and to everyone’s satisfaction. Place limits on the use of non-prepriced line times.

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Job Order Contracting Lessons Learned Regarding Improving Construction Productivity

Job Order Contracting

It is NOT solely a procurement method. Is also should NOT be used to bypass traditional procurement methods to simply save time or approve project that otherwise would not have been approved. Best Value Procurement. Negotiation-centered Dispute Resolution. All, however REQUIRE the following…. Focus upon Outcomes.

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An Introduction to Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

JOC reduces unnecessary levels of engineering, design, and contract procurement time along with construction project procurement costs by awarding long- term contracts for a wide variety of renovation, repair and new construction projects. Smaller projects were taking up to 1 year to procure creating a growing backlog of work.

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Why a Single-Vendor Technology Strategy Will Work Best for Your Construction Company

Viewpoint Construction Technology

It raises the question for those in charge of enterprise resource planning: should your organisation adopt a single IT vendor strategy or partner with multiple vendors? Laborious procurement. Lesser procurement effort. No vendor lock-in. Your arrangement with each supplier is pretty much flexible and at your command.

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Why Some Job Order Contracts Fail

Job Order Contracting

As a result backlogs seem to always grow and resources always inadequate to satisfy facility user needs. Focus must be upon negotiation and mutually satisfactory resolutions. Examples include, Introduction to JOC, Introductory Line Item Estimating, Advanced Line Item Estimating, and Negotiating Task Orders.

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