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An Introduction to Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 15, 2018

Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a way for organizations to get numerous, commonly encountered construction projects done quickly and easily through multi-year contracts. Smaller projects were taking up to 1 year to procure creating a growing backlog of work. 8-22% of project costs were being consumed in design and procurement.

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Contract Change Orders Procurement Estimating

5 Ways Public Institutions Save Money with Job Order Contracting – JOC

Building Information Management

AUGUST 11, 2015

Without JOC, the owner must procure each project individually in the traditional design-bid-build procurement method. JOC allows the owner to shift its attention from procurement processing to the reduction of its backlog. All the dollars saved on procurement can be saved or go toward construction efforts.

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Contract Procurement Change Orders Budgeting

5 Ways Public Institutions Save Money with Job Order Contracting – JOC

Building Information Management

AUGUST 11, 2015

Without JOC, the owner must procure each project individually in the traditional design-bid-build procurement method. JOC allows the owner to shift its attention from procurement processing to the reduction of its backlog. All the dollars saved on procurement can be saved or go toward construction efforts.

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Contract Procurement Change Orders Budgeting

If only. construction marketing barriers and opportunities

Construction Marketing Ideas

JULY 21, 2012

and Canada, local contractors often complain that they are squeezed out of project bidding opportunities either because they cannot qualify (bonding requirements) or — more troubling — because outsiders are bidding the work, undercutting and taking away local jobs and opportunities. In communities across the U.S.

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Bidding Procurement Change Orders Construction

Job Order Contract Execution Guide – Sample Template

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

A Job Order Contract Execution Guide is a required element for any successful, best management practice JOC Program. The following template is provide for sample purposes only and should not be used a legally bidding document without through review and modification by appropriate Owner legal counsel. Monday through Friday.

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Contract Organization Change Orders Overhead

Setting up a Job Order Contract

Building Information Management

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Remember, whether you decide, as a real property Owner, to set up and manage your own JOC program internally, or outsource you4 JOC to a thirty-party, it is critical to fully understand the JOB ORDER CONTRACT process, workflows, and metrics, as well as expected outcomes. Advertisement for Bids. Change Order. Field Order.

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Contract Certification Documentation Bidding

What happens when your story makes the headlines (and it isn’t good)?

Construction Marketing Ideas

JANUARY 11, 2016

The hospital has filed a lawsuit asserting construction procurement improprieties, Ottawa’s news media (and the city’s major hospital) have been consumed with a construction procurement scandal. One of The Ottawa Hospital’s campuses (Civic).

Travel

Travel Procurement Change Orders Contractors

Adopting a Program versus a Project Approach Improves Facilities Management and Construction Outcomes.

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 19, 2021

Clearly, this process “reinvents the wheel” each time, and as a result rarely captures learnings, and in the end is typically characterized with adversarial short-term relationships driven by first-cost driven competitive bidding process. What is the most critical factor in facilities management and sector?

Management

Management Procurement Environment Life Cycle

Sustainability of DOD Buildings – Reuse of Existing Buildings

Building Information Management

JANUARY 29, 2013

Cost estimates and construction bid requests should include materials quantities in addition to costs to evaluate and validate GHG impacts. Consolidation of procurement – lower overhead cost and procurement cost. Virtual elimination of legal disputes, claims and mitigation of change orders.

Sustainability

Sustainability Life Cycle Procurement Estimating

Sustainability of DOD Buildings – Reuse of Existing Buildings

Building Information Management

JANUARY 29, 2013

Cost estimates and construction bid requests should include materials quantities in addition to costs to evaluate and validate GHG impacts. Consolidation of procurement – lower overhead cost and procurement cost. Virtual elimination of legal disputes, claims and mitigation of change orders.

Sustainability

Sustainability Life Cycle Procurement Estimating

Every Owner Should Implement JOC – JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – for Renovation, Repair, Sustainabilty, and Maintenance Construction Projects

Building Information Management

APRIL 10, 2015

What’s Wrong with Design Bid Build? Traditional design-bid-build,DBB, is costly, antagonistic, and simply inefficient. A Job Order Contracting (JOC) system is based on a competitively bid indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract between a facility owner and a construction contractor. Research Results.

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Contract Renovating Bidding Construction

A New Resource for JOC – Job Order Contracting Services

Building Information Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

Procurement requirements, including small business requirements and governing body mandates, are researched in conjunction with your staff. With our extensive knowledge and database of RFP provisions, we can help you craft a procurement document that will drive the results that you desire. Procurement Assistance.

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Contract Resource Procurement Project Management

8 Tips to Manage Cash Flow Like Your Construction Business Depends on It

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 19, 2022

To successfully grow, construction firms need to effectively manage cash flow to procure materials, pay vendors and salaries, fund new projects, and finance other day-to-day business operations. If you know a project won’t make money, there’s a good chance you shouldn’t be bidding on it. Properly manage change orders.

Cash Flow

Cash Flow Management Profitability Change Orders

Can Fixed-Price Design-Build Contracts be Fairly Priced?

Construction Dive

MARCH 13, 2013

By Bruce Jervis Project owners are drawn to the design-build method of construction procurement for good reasons. Owners perceive another advantage to design-build over the traditional design-bid-construct method of procurement. The perception is a reduction in contractor claims and change orders.

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Design Claims Contract Procurement

Job Order Contracting – Best Practices Implementation

Building Information Management

APRIL 24, 2016

Job Order Contracting enables a pre-qualified contractor(s) to perform repair, renovation, or minor construction of a facility or other form of built structure based on pre-described and pre-priced tasks as defined within a Unit Price Book – UPB. Job Orders / Task Orders. Non-Pre-Priced Work.

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Contract Contractors Materials Site

A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration

Building Information Management

JULY 27, 2016

Procurement and Contracting Requirements Group (Division 00): Introductory Information: Indexing and general information documents. Procurement Requirements and Contracting Requirements. 00 00 00 Procurement and Contracting. 00 11 13 Advertisement for Bids. 00 11 16 Invitation to Bid. 00 24 00 Procurement Scopes.

Equipment

Equipment Construction Schedule Concrete

A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration

Building Information Management

JULY 27, 2016

Procurement and Contracting Requirements Group (Division 00): Introductory Information: Indexing and general information documents. Procurement Requirements and Contracting Requirements. 00 00 00 Procurement and Contracting. 00 11 13 Advertisement for Bids. 00 11 16 Invitation to Bid. 00 24 00 Procurement Scopes.

Equipment

Equipment Construction Schedule Concrete

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An Introduction to Job Order Contracting

5 Ways Public Institutions Save Money with Job Order Contracting – JOC

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5 Ways Public Institutions Save Money with Job Order Contracting – JOC

If only. construction marketing barriers and opportunities

Job Order Contract Execution Guide – Sample Template

Setting up a Job Order Contract

What happens when your story makes the headlines (and it isn’t good)?

Adopting a Program versus a Project Approach Improves Facilities Management and Construction Outcomes.

Sustainability of DOD Buildings – Reuse of Existing Buildings

Sustainability of DOD Buildings – Reuse of Existing Buildings

Every Owner Should Implement JOC – JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – for Renovation, Repair, Sustainabilty, and Maintenance Construction Projects

A New Resource for JOC – Job Order Contracting Services

8 Tips to Manage Cash Flow Like Your Construction Business Depends on It

Can Fixed-Price Design-Build Contracts be Fairly Priced?

Job Order Contracting – Best Practices Implementation

A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration

A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration

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