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Do Project Labor Agreements Restrict Competition?

Construction Dive

By Bruce Jervis Project Labor Agreements are controversial. These are pre-hire agreements between a general contractor or a construction manager and a designated collective bargaining representative for all labor on the project. The court concluded there was conflicting evidence on the effect of PLAs on non-union contractors.

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Construction Law: April 2024

Construction Law

Legislation state of play table Our regular update on the progress of regulations and legislation affecting construction and procurement compiled by Alignment Media. Alternative dispute resolution Non-disclosure agreements in settlement: they are not all bad!

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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. 1 Revised August 4, 2022 5117.9004 DOD FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION SUPPLEMENT 5117.9004 Procedures. 5117.9004-1 Presolicitation. (a)

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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. Multi-party Agreements. Compliance with Contract, Rules, Regulations, Statutes. Collaboration.

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Job Order Contracting Operations Manual

Job Order Contracting

Completed Individual Job Orders (IJO), Task Order (TO), or Job Orders (JO) are submitted to the a designated office/person in accordance with regulations and standard procedures. orders and actions required by the Procurement Authority, are planned and discussed to. Procurement Authority with input from the FM team.,

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Job Order Contracting Program Manager

Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting is a multiple party, collaborative win-win agreement between a real property owner and the service provider(s), as such JOC Program management should not be outsourced to a third party, such as JOC consultant. Assure internal cost estimates are created when required and compared to JOC contractor estimates.

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Why You Should Understand DBE Laws and Regulations

Best Practices Construction Law

I recently spoke to a group of highway contractors about disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) laws and regulations and some of the different policies among the state departments of transportation. Our four investigative imperatives are transportation safety, grant and procurement fraud, employee integrity, and consumer and workforce fraud.