Job Order Contracting

APRIL 15, 2018

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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Federal Construction Contracting Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

On October 4, 2022, the SBA issued a size determination finding that the prospective awardee was an eligible small business and “manufacturer” for the small business set-aside procurement purposes. Following that determination, the USCG awarded the contract. As the protestor explained, the USCG made no such determination.

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Fieldwire

MARCH 5, 2024

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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Construction Law

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The Cabinet Office has announced new measures to deliver social value through public procurement in ‘Taking Account of Social Value in the Award of Central Government Contracts’. The suggestion then was that social value would be given a 10% weighting when assessing bids for public sector contracts.

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Federal Construction Contracting Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Area Office notified a Sanford representative of the protest and requested that, within three business days, the company provide certain financial information for the five previously completed fiscal years preceding Sanford’s self-certification for the subject procurement. OHA agreed with Sanford that the size protest was non-specific.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 25, 2017

Federal/County/State/Local regulations/ordinances/requirements. JOC bidding process. Overall procurement strategy. Job Order Contracting – A Procurement Success Story, 1998. Maximum and minimum annual dollar values of the JOC Program. Number of option years / periods. Performance bond and size. Reporting requirements.

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Lets Build

APRIL 15, 2020

Construction management starts with a project owner sharing project information to contractors and subcontractors in order to solicit bids. Once the project owner receives all the bids, a contractor is then selected based on the lowest bid, best qualifications, or of best value to the company. Procurement. The process.

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

From initial concept, through procurement to construction and ongoing maintenance and operations, Four BT’s dynamic and open approach to providing efficient and effective best management practices, training, products and services drive efficiency, cost savings and increased quality. Four BT, LLC (www.4BT.US) Peter Cholakis. info@4BT.US.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 21, 2018

Benefits of an OpenJOC Job Order Contract implementation include an expedited procurement process, and consistent completion of quality projects on-demand, on-time, and on-budget per owners/contractor expectations. Best value procurement. Owner technical and procurement staff is supplemented. Lower bid prices.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

A new procurement system in Ohio provides design-build and CM-at-risk options on state construction projects. Regulations Codes and Standards'

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Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 18, 2016

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

AUGUST 26, 2016

Job Order Contracts are bid and awarded without a specific public works project or scope of work. A “co-efficient” or multiple coefficients are also bid by the Contractor and accepted by the Owner as part of the Job Order Contract. Defining a Job Order Contract – On-Call Construction Contract .

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 27, 2019

Monitoring and controlling of construction related projects is a process of developing, tracking, reviewing, and regulating progress versus performance objectives in proposal and associated LEAN construction delivery workflow. Consistent, yet flexible collaborative workflows are essential in managing program and project success.

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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. The DBE program regulations require goals to be set for awarding a certain percentage of federally-aided contracts to DBEs. Comment period. Responsiveness versus Responsibility.

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Building Information Management

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Far too often, Owners engage in JOC to simply “bypass procurement” versus establishing a JOB ORDER CONTRACT to realize JOC’s significant potential benefits. location, or legislation/regulation. Advertisement for Bids. Sample Listing of Job Order Contracting Contract Documents / Templates. Certification.

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 2, 2017

Traditional project delivery methods such as design-bid-build, lowest bidders, and even design-build have provided fully adequate solutions. Building users, technical teams (DPW, engineering), and procurement staff should have the required experience, competence, and local knowledge to provide requisite planning.

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Construction Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The government says it has so far mobilised £26 billion of capital investment for the green industrial revolution which, along with regulations, will support up to 190,000 jobs by 2025, and up to 440,000 jobs by 2030, and leverage up to £90 billion of private investment by 2030. There will be a lot to oversee.

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Construction Cost Estimating

JULY 3, 2014

In order to regulate the worksheets , provide accurately allocated areas in which proper information is to be submitted facilitating follow-up for smooth evaluation. cloud-based construction management concrete mix construction bidding construction cost estimating courses construction element'

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Building Information Management

JULY 31, 2014

Performance and value-based vs. low-bid. It is a competitively procured, fixed unit price, indefinite quantity construction procurement and delivery method. These tasks form the pricing basis for collaboratively-scoped projects, thus providing price certainty and meeting most procurement regulations.

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Best Practices Construction Law

JANUARY 8, 2016

Similar to what occurred after the bid-rigging scandals, governmental scrutiny has increased because of a loss of trust. False claims; Antitrust; EEO; OSHA/safety and health; DOT (commercial driver’s licenses); DBE; Environmental; Procurement and government contracting; Finance and tax; and. DOT revised the DBE regulations.

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

While most real property owners, designers, and builders, are aware of the issues associated with Traditional Planning, Engineering, Procurement and Construction strategies such as Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, CM@R, etc. 4 Full compliance with regulations/statues and a full audit trail. #5

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Building Information Management

MARCH 19, 2015

Job order contracting (JOC) is a collaborative construction delivery method that provides significant advantages vs. the traditional design-bid-build process for the numerous renovation, repair, and maintenance projects facing facility owners. JOC should not be used to bypass Procurement/ Contracting.

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Building Information Management

MARCH 17, 2015

Job order contracting (JOC) is a collaborative construction delivery method that provides significant advantages vs. the traditional design-bid-build process for the numerous renovation, repair, and maintenance projects facing facility owners. JOC should not be used to bypass Procurement/ Contracting.

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Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Development of acquisition/procurement approach. JOC procurement/award process. Development of acquisition/procurement approach. All significant conditions, such as requirements for compatibility with existing laws, regulations, contracts. Facility management/engineering planning. Monitoring. Ongoing training.

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Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

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. Federal acquisition regulations require a lengthy process of design, bidding and award for all contracts above a certain dollar amount.

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Stok

JULY 29, 2018

Scanning of slab if required by building rules and regulations. Overtime and weekend for certain trades if required by building rules and regulations. Technology – determine who procures and installs all IT equipment, cabling, racks, and AV equipment. They may include: a. Permitting allowance.

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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. JOC Fundamentals.

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Help Everybody Everyday

MARCH 4, 2013

Wally Zimolong over at Supplemental Conditions posted a piece about federal bid protest statistics. First off, the number of formal bid protests rose almost 50% between 2008 and 2012. For one, bidders might be more apt to protest bids these days. Procurement rules were broken by Federal agencies at least 670 times in 2012.

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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 16, 2021

Current JOC solutions integrate construction planning, procurement, and project delivery, associated participants and stakeholders, and more! It is critical to assure that the JOC Program is based upon fundamental LEAN planning, procurement, and project delivery methods that mutually benefit all participants. Absolutely not.

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Building Radar

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Those who bid as early as possible can influence project planning. This threshold value is regulated by European public procurement law. How to systematically influence the contract value of construction projects to your advantage The tendered contract value of a construction project is rarely set in stone.

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Chianelli Estimating

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The goal of building a single-family home is to not only build to specification while remaining on-time and on-budget but to do so in a way that adheres to local and state regulations. The project and its sub-projects are bid-out. Materials purchases are made from vendors (Procurement). Pre-Construction Stage.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

It is the responsibility of every public sector procurement and facilities management professional to optimally allocate limited repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction funds. Meet compliance regulations for financial transparency. Instant access to data. Monitor performance. FOUR BT, LLC WWW.4BT.US

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Job Order Contracting

JUNE 7, 2022

The use of Job Order Contracting (JOC), when properly designed and managed, provides a means for an organization to optimize the planning, procurement, and project delivery of repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction of buildings and other forms of physical infrastructure. Regular independent third-party audits.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

It is the responsibility of every public sector procurement and facilities management professional to optimally allocate limited repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, and new construction funds. Meet compliance regulations for financial transparency. Instant access to data. Monitor performance. FOUR BT, LLC WWW.4BT.US

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Building Information Management

JULY 16, 2015

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 construction projects. Low overhead cost of construction procurement and delivery. Advantages. Use of federal funds.

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Building Information Management

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Design-bid-build. While there are several construction delivery methods, “low-bid” Design-Bid-Build (DBB) method is historically the most commonly used. Design build (DB) is a variant of design-bid-build that was developed in an attempt to improve productivity. EU public procurement law. Proposals are reviewed.

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Rory Woolsey

MARCH 10, 2012

Low Bid; Best Bid: Historically facility managers have had their hands tied with acquisition regulations that required the award of projects to the lowest bidding contractor. Too often the low bid winner would prove to be the contractor that made the most mistakes in their bid. Newer Post. Older Post.

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