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Creating a JOC Coefficient?

Job Order Contracting

Items included in a JOC coefficient (also known as a “Bid Factor”). Materials. General / Prime Contractor Overhead. General insurances. Workmen’s compensations insurance. State unemployment insurance. Federal unemployment insurance. Shipping of all materials to the jobsite.

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8 essential steps for effective project cost estimation and budgeting

Fieldwire

To say that winning bids is the key to success in construction is a half-truth. Subcontractors getting awarded a contract spells financial disaster if the bid is too high to be competitive or too low to be profitable. Bidding on projects you have yet to gain experience in can broaden your horizons.

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What’s in a JOC Coefficient

Job Order Contracting

Here’s a listing of what is typically included in a construction contractor’s Job Order Contract coefficient… Contractor’s overhead and profit. Subcontractors’ overhead and profit. Employee payroll taxes, insurance, and fringe benefits. All waste and excess material. As built drawings. contact-form].

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The contractor proposal bid form

Construction Cost Estimating

The contractor proposal bid form is used by a contractor to provide a construction proposal. In this form a neat, prearranged bid is written on a proficiently designed bid form. The form also includes the costs, overhead as well as profit of a contractor.

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Understanding the Contractor’s Job Order Contract Coefficient

Job Order Contracting

Example include, general and administrative and other overhead costs, insurance costs, bonding and alternative payment protection costs, protective clothing, equipment rental, and contractor’s profit. Subcontractors’ overhead and profit. Employee payroll taxes, insurance and fringe benefits. As built drawings.

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Construction Estimating

Chianelli Estimating

Recently Contractors and Owners have found that Outsource Estimating is becoming a practical way to cut overhead. They do not have the burden of carrying costs like workmen’s compensation, general liability insurance, unemployment related costs, vacations or sick days, etc. Choosing the lowest bid is not always the best practice.

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JOC Tutorial #71 – Terms

Job Order Contracting

(a) “Adjustment factor” / “coefficient+ – job order contractor’s competitively bid adjustment to the organizations prices as published in the current unit price book. f) “Job order contractor” – a licensed, bonded, and general liability insured contractor awarded a job order contract. (g)