Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 25, 2017

The JOC Program Guide provides an overview of strategic and tactical considerations for the planning, development, bidding, awarding, execution, and monitoring of a Job Order Contract. Advertising, bidding, and awarding a JOC. Task order proposal requests, negotiations, issuance, administration, and inspection.

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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 100

Rory Woolsey

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. “Negotiating” JOC. This week the blog topic is on “Negotiating” unit price line items taken from national estimating guides on competitively bid contracts that are publically funded and subject to audits.

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Federal Construction Contracting Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In a typical bid protest, the protester argues that its proposal should have been evaluated more favorably or that its competitors should have received a less favorable evaluation. The Federal Circuit’s decision should remind contractors of the limits of discussions in a negotiated procurement.

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Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 18, 2016

facilities inspection programs generate requirements for sustainment, restoration, modernization work and minor new construction. The work management office also completes a desk estimate of the project cost to help determine the best method for executing the work request (in-house shops, competitively bid individual contracts or JOC).

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Help Everybody Everyday

MARCH 12, 2018

A few years ago, I met with the Vice President of a large construction management (CM) firm. In this instance, I had possession of all the bids and the justification documentation. The justification document and bids told a different story. In fact, the contract was not awarded to the lowest price bid.

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BD+C

JULY 26, 2013

House of Representative this month to ban reverse auctions when an agency determines small businesses are qualified to bid on the solicitation. In addition, a bill to mandate the use of a two-step process to evaluate design and build procurements is up for debate. billion, of all federal procurement in 2012.

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Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

By Bruce Jervis The competitive negotiation process is used with increasing frequency in the public procurement of construction contracts. Competitive negotiation provides public project owners with more flexibility than sealed bidding.

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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 8, 2019

Construction Change Order Best Management Practices. Any discussion of construction change order best management practices would be incomplete without the following: Defining a construction change order, Noting the causal factors and impacts associated with construction change orders, and Methods of mitigating construction change orders.

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 18, 2017

Job Order Contracting, or a JOC Program is NOT simply a procurement method that public and/or other organizations use to complete renovation, repair, and minor new construction projects. A JOC Program is a LEAN Collaborative Construction Delivery Method. Subcontractors may or may not be allowed based upon the contract document.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 15, 2016

Job Order Contracting is a proven LEAN collaborative construction delivery method that is capable of delivering over 90% of construction projects on-time, on-budget, at the required quality level, and to the satisfaction of all parties involved. . IPD, targets major new construction. don’t engage in “bid shopping”.).

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 15, 2017

The potential for fraud, waste or abuse exists for Job Order Contracting as it does for any other construction delivery method. Meaningful quarterly reviews of JOC operations are done by technical/engineering/ facility management staff and contracting/purchasing/procurement staff. IMPROVE YOUR JOB ORDER CONTRACT. contact-form].

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Contract Estimating Contractors Negotiation 100

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Working embedded with the entire design, construction, and owner teams in the same building for two years on an Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) project—more on that below—taught me how valuable meetings and touch points can be to ensure the entire team remains aligned throughout the design and construction of a mega project.

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Construction Specifier

JUNE 19, 2020

A great example of the latter is when architects and engineers preparing construction documents are allowed to employ their own standard specifications for a project, but need to use the owner’s own, possibly unique documents for Division 00–Procurement and Contracting Requirements. New York).

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Unfortunately, construction project success is not a given. In fact, surveys show that construction projects routinely come in over budget. The various invested parties (discussed below) get a chance to have their say, while the construction firm can voice any concerns ahead of time. And timelines?

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Rory Woolsey

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. However, I received many comments and questions on the “Negotiating JOC” blog from last week that really should be answered. This is true for the basis of JOC, the construction task unit price “book.”

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 19, 2016

Robust collaborative construction delivery methods provide a proven path for Owners to significantly improve construction productivity and levels of satisfaction among a participants and building users. How many cycles were required for owner/contractor negotiations per task order? JOC Do’s and Don’ts.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

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. The ORGANIZATION NAME Procurement Authority will authorize a Job Order (JO) for performance of work, or request additional information/changes.

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Building Information Management

APRIL 10, 2015

It’s Time for Efficient Construction Project Delivery. What’s Wrong with Design Bid Build? Traditional design-bid-build,DBB, is costly, antagonistic, and simply inefficient. DBB is exclusively responsible for the construction sectors poor productivity versus all other business sectors. The History of JOC.

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Building Information Management

JUNE 22, 2015

The article also introduces the use of Performance Based Procurement System (PBPS) to set a “minimum performance” requirement and improving the performance of the JOC process. The competitive low-bid award system motivates contractors to do minimal quality work that meets the minimal requirements of the specifications. Introduction.

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Contract Arizona Bidding Procurement 40

Building Information Management

APRIL 24, 2015

The article also introduces the use of Performance Based Procurement System (PBPS) to set a “minimum performance” requirement and improving the performance of the JOC process. The competitive low-bid award system motivates contractors to do minimal quality work that meets the minimal requirements of the specifications. Introduction.

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Contract Arizona Bidding Procurement 40

Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 4, 2017

Job Order Contracts, when created, deployed, and managed using LEAN best management practices, can provide significantly better outcomes that traditional construction delivery methods. This is because non-catalog items are priced at 110% versus catalog items priced using the JOC contractors’ lower bid percentages (50% – 71%).

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Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

JOC is flexible and responsive and reduces engineering and procurement lead times. The contract includes a unit price book (UPB) that establishes a unit price to be paid for each of a multitude of construction line items including pre-priced/pre-negotiated items of work and materials. – INCOM 2009. – Tex.

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Best Practices Construction Law

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Today's guest post is from my good friend and law partner, Mark Leach , who focuses on health care law, construction disputes and public procurement matters. Mark served as a panel member on DBE Compliance at the October 25, 2012, ARTBA Construction Law and Regulatory Forum. Comment period. Responsiveness versus Responsibility.

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Ensure contractors do not inflate or negotiate price proposals to account for bidding adjustment factors too low. Select contractors based upon performance versus lowest bid. Maintain transparency, oversight, and accountability standards required for public procurement that are often compromised by traditional JOC programs.

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Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Development of acquisition/procurement approach. JOC procurement/award process. It’s generally considered that numerous and repetitive renovation, repair, maintenance, and/or sustainability work, and minor new construction with a minimum annual volume of $2M is appropriate for job order contracting. Monitoring.

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Best Practices Construction Law

MAY 20, 2016

In other words, you are negotiating about who takes the risk on a particular issue. The solicitation also provided historical fuel prices and usage rates for contractors to use in crafting their bids. First, contractors who regularly do business with the government should be aware of the world of public procurement decisions.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 29, 2021

Lean Construction – Overcoming decades of mistrust, lack of communication, and opposition between facilities owners, designers, engineers, and builders… possible? Only two of the following construction delivery methods are LEAN. Construction Project Delivery Comparison. Design-Bid-Build. Advantages.

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CivilJungle

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A tender will be an economic pressure provided to do work throughout the earlier stage of this tender resolution framers will call to surrender waterproof tenders for construction for a particular moment. What Is a Tender in Construction? Tendering Meaning in Construction. Types of Tenders in Construction. Open Tender.

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Building Information Management

MARCH 8, 2016

Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a competitively bid, firm-fixed price, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) LEAN construction delivery method. Value and qualification based selection and procurement. It is also implemented by the United States Air Force under the term SABER. Shared risk/reward.

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Contract Management Estimating Renovating 40

Building Information Management

JULY 2, 2016

The potential for fraud, waste or abuse exists for Job Order Contracting as it does for any other construction delivery method. Meaningful quarterly reviews of JOC operations will be made by technical/engineering/ facility management staff and contracting/purchasing/procurement staff.

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Contract Estimating Contractors Negotiation 40

Building Information Management

DECEMBER 13, 2016

JOC is a proven, collaborative construction delivery method provides major advantages to Facilities Managers, Real Property Owners, AEs, Contractors, Subcontractors, and Facility Users. We have been involved in hundreds of Job Order Contracts performing billions of dollars of renovation, repair, and minor new construction works.

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Building Information Management

DECEMBER 13, 2016

JOC is a proven, collaborative construction delivery method provides major advantages to Facilities Managers, Real Property Owners, AEs, Contractors, Subcontractors, and Facility Users. We have been involved in hundreds of Job Order Contracts performing billions of dollars of renovation, repair, and minor new construction works.

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Building Information Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

The new company has been established to help Owners bring sophisticated thinking and efficient, scalable processes ongoing renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and minor new construction programs. The construction industry is the only US industry to lose productivity over the last 30 years. Procurement Assistance.

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Chianelli Estimating

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The stages of the construction process vary from project to project but whether you are a property owner, manager, project manager or just a stakeholder wanting to know more about what goes on behind the scenes of a construction project, here is your opportunity to dig deeper. Construction Documents. Pre-Construction Stage.

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Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

“Traditional construction delivery methods are fraught with problems. Owners have reams of rules and regulations to follow in order to put a project out for bid fairly. Job Order Contracting offers an alternative to traditional bidding processes. The decrease in time is largely due to reduced design and procurement time.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 19, 2022

Cash flow can make or break any business, especially in the construction industry. 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. Cost and time in construction are closely related.

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