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Setting up a Job Order Contract Using Best Management Practices

Job Order Contracting

general and administrative and other overhead costs, insurance costs, bonding and alternative payment protection costs, protective clothing, equipment rental, sales tax and compliance with tax laws, and also contractor’s profit). Bonding must be sufficient to cover the stated estimated annual maximum contract value.

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Job Order Contract / Job Order Contracting – JOC: Do’s – Don’ts

Job Order Contracting

Build your knowledge of line item estimating with the JOC Unit Price Book. Verify line items, quantities, and coefficient(s) of internal Owner estimates and Contractor estimates. Follow Job Order Contract requirements with respect to bonding and overhead related costs. Maintain a limit of nonpre-priced line items.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: A Savings Analysis!

Rory Woolsey

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. Thursday, February 16, 2012. A Savings Analysis! I was set to publish a blog this week on cost control.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Losing Your Shirt.

Rory Woolsey

Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog. Construction Estimating One Bite at a Time. At the heart of and crucial to controlling costs is an accurate cost estimate which translates into a cost budget. A cost estimate then is very important to cost control. Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Scope, scope, scope!! Enough said!

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10 Contract Terms for Higher Profitability

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When negotiating a contract, insert as many of the following terms into the contract as possible: 1. It''s a good negotiating tactic to ask for money up front. With government clients, this term can reduce overhead, making your contract price more attractive. Get partial or full payment of fees before starting.

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Best Practice Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

These markets also rely up a troublesome practice of relying up JOC consultants to play key JOC administrative roles, if not basically outsource their JOC programs. d) An indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (task order) contract which provides for the use of negotiated, definitive, bilateral orders (i.e.,

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Job Order Contract – Frequently Asked Questions

Job Order Contracting

Should the Owner wish to select a specific brand component, he/she should be reasonable when negotiating the task order in that specific situation. It is multiplied times the the total of a task order estimate, as built from the UPB. Should a UPB include overhead and profit? As a contractor am I guaranteed work?

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