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IDIQ Construction Contract Guide

Job Order Contracting

Individual projects are scoped and proposed based on unit prices, which converts to a lump- sum delivery order before proceeding. Changes orders, legal disputes, and cost/time overruns are virtually elimated. Job Order Contracting Advantages. No multiple quotes for comparison. Performance-based.

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Job Order Contracting – Best Management Practices

Building Information Management

JOC best practices also require that an Owner audit their JOC program regularly and conduct Owner generated construction cost estimates for JOC task orders above a certain dollars amount. In the Federal Government, an Independent Government Estimate (IGE) may be mandatory. Contractor prepared estimate/proposal.

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Efficient Construction Project Delivery for Public Sector Facility Owners – Renovation, Repair, Sustainability

Building Information Management

Unit price book: Cost estimating and pricing for individual projects (task orders) is determined from a line item unit price book (UPB). Both owners and contractors create estimates for each JOC project/task order. (Owners typically conduct internal estimates on projects of a certain size ($100,000 to $150,000 or larger).

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Efficient Construction Project Delivery for Public Sector Facility Owners – Renovation, Repair, Sustainability

Building Information Management

Unit price book: Cost estimating and pricing for individual projects (task orders) is determined from a line item unit price book (UPB). Both owners and contractors create estimates for each JOC project/task order. (Owners typically conduct internal estimates on projects of a certain size ($100,000 to $150,000 or larger).

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Lean Construction – Overcoming decades of mistrust, lack of communication, and opposition between facilities owners, designers, engineers, and builders.

Job Order Contracting

Construction Project Delivery Comparison. Construction Project Delivery Overview & Comparison. Adversarial, change-order-oriented environment is common between owner, A/E, and contractor. No contractor and limited A/E assistance with detailed estimating, plan checking, and constructability reviews during design phase.

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CULTURE, TECHNOLOGY/SOCIAL MEDIA, & BIM

Building Information Management

For comparison purposes let’s take a look at the. characteristics and/or components of JOC program in comparison to traditional methods. Job Order Contracting includes; 1. Virtual elimination of legal disputes. Reduction of change orders. Most construction cost estimating and project.

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Collaborative, Efficient Construction Delivery Methods – The Real Obstacle to BIM

Building Information Management

Standardized cost databases, unit price books, specifications linked tasks, comparison of internal vs. average costs, shared risk/reward, virtual elimination of legal disputes and mitigation of change orders, processes that guide vs. mandate behavior, localized management with global oversight… welcome to the new world.

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