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Job Order Contracting Lessons Learned Regarding Improving Construction Productivity

Job Order Contracting

Continuous education, improvement, and collaboration drive better outcomes. It is NOT solely a procurement method. Conversely the Federal Government and Higher Education, for the most part, deploy JOC properly and have reaped the available benefits. Best Value Procurement. Negotiation-centered Dispute Resolution.

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Best Practice Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

Other non-DOD Federal Government Agencies and Higher Education follow in a close second in terms of level of general knowledge and skill. d) An indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (task order) contract which provides for the use of negotiated, definitive, bilateral orders (i.e., through discussions and negotiations.

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Job Order Contract Program Implementation

Job Order Contracting

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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Using RSMeans Cost Data for Job Order Contracting – JOC – October 2013

Building Information Management

Owners have reams of rules and regulations to follow in order to put a project out for bid fairly. Tasked with maintaining and repairing thousands of buildings nationally and internationally, military facilities managers found the normal route of federal acquisition regulations much too slow and bureaucratic.

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Job Order Contracting – 2015

Building Information Management

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. If a task is not in the UPB, it can be negotiated, priced and added at any time to the book.

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Job Order Contracting – Best Practices Implementation

Building Information Management

The procurement process for a JOC contractor begins with an Owner request for proposal (RFP) where the real property Owner identifies the type(s) of work for which it is requesting services. The Technical team (Facilities Management / Engineering) develops specifications and plans necessary for the procurement and implementation of the JOC.

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What is Job Order Contracting? What is IDIQ?

Building Information Management

IDIQ contracts had historically been used only as single award contracts to procure services or supplies until the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) of 1994, noting the value of multiple award contracts. Indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts has been a useful tool in federal government acquisition for many years.