Job Order Contracting Fundamentals
Repair, Renovation and Minor Construction – Quality Work, On-time, @ On-Budget
Job Order Contracting and its fundamentals provide the project management and staff support needed for real property owners to more efficiently manage repair, renovation and construction projects. Our team has over a decade of experience in delivering Job Order Contracting Fundamentals and JOC tools and services. We know that the application of Job Order Contracting Fundamentals can help manage facilities more flexibly, cost effectively, and with less demand on internal staff.
JOC is proven solution, a client-focused approach to quickly complete the numerous renovation, repair, and construction projects faced by real property owners. Individual projects generally from %50,000 to over $1,000,000 (may be dependent upon statues, regulations, etc.). JOC contracts can range up to $350+M in total value. On-demand, quality construction services are delivered whenever and whenever needed.
Job Order Contracting Basics & History
Job Order Contracting provide an on-site contractor to accomplish cost-effective, highly responsive solutions for concurrent multiple repair, renovation and construction projects under one, competitively bid fixed price contract.
The JOC concept was initiated by the Department of Defense in 1985 to provide a more efficient solution to facility repair/sustainment requirements and to substantially reduce the procurement cycle time to award and accomplish multiple job orders (also called task orders). Due to the success of JOC, other federal, county, state, and local regulations have been put into place throughout the United States to allow selection of a JOC contractor based on “Best Value” rather than “Lowest Price,” as typically required in traditional construction procurement.
How JOC Works
A JOC contract is awarded on a “best value” basis, which is determined by an evaluation of past performance, technical expertise and price. The contracts typically have a low guaranteed minimum value of work, with a high, but realistic maximum value. The difference between the minimum and maximum volume, and opportunities for year-end extensions at client discretion, give the contractor a strong incentive to provide high quality, cost-effective and responsive service. Duration of a JOC is one year with options of one to four additional years. Option years are solely at the discretion of the owner.
JOC complements the internal maintenance workforce, whether a school district, college or university, health care institution, airport or mass transit authority, military base, or any local, state or federal agency, freeing them up from complex, one-time projects, so they can focus on their primary mission.
JOC Benefits
- Reduces disruptions to ongoing operations – Scheduling flexibility allows work to proceed during downtime.
- More responsive – Simplifies design phase and speeds multiple project solicitations.
- Puts money into local economy – Work is typically subcontracted to local small businesses, as appropriate, to meet client goals.
- Jointly developing the scope (owner/user/contractor) before work begins minimizes change orders.
- Provides incentives for quality performance – High quality and responsiveness encourages client to maximize volume.
- Facilitates collaboration between client and contractor- Contractor assists in planning and design decisions to achieve best value solutions for client’s program.
- Improves efficiency of client maintenance force – Allows workforce to concentrate on routine maintenance, with JOC contractor to react to unforeseen requirements, and/or appropriately sized projects.
About Us
4BT provides a wide range of products and services to support owners, contractors, and cooperatives in the development, deployment, and execution of “open”, transparency, and cost effective Job Order Contracts, base upon current best management practices.
We can help you get your JOC process started, or improved by assisting your team in:
- Developing or Evaluating Requests for Information, Requests for Proposals
- Evaluating Proposals
- Selecting your contractor based on “Best Value”
- Developing your JOC Program
- JOC Software
- Training (Introductory and Advanced)
- JOC Program Management
- JOC Estimating Services
- Independent Government Estimating (IGE)
- Budget Collaboration Reviews
- JOC Marketing Services
- Informal Estimate Auditing Services
- Formal Estimate Auditing Services
- Discussing other contract vehicles such as Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity and Task Order Contracts.
- Deploying Job Order Contracting Fundamentals
Why 4BT?
We are client-focused. We listen. We serve. Our clients include Owners, Contractors, Subcontractors, and Cooperatives. Our goals is to assure that EVERYONE benefits from their JOC experience.
Our team has decades of experience in all aspects of Job Order Contracting, working with hundreds of owners, contractors, subs, and cooperatives.