The Job Order Contracting Program Checklist below may help to to determine rate the design and implementation of your JOC.
The DoD and Higher Education have a good track record implementing JOC Programs, however, County, State, and Local Government, and Secondary Education could benefit from more training and support. The latter tend to use JOC as a means to bypass traditional procurement versus obtaining higher quality, timely delivery, and improving overall satisfaction.
Job Order Contracting Program Checklist
- Do you have a written JOC Operations Manual or JOC Execution Guide?
- Have you selected JOC contractors based upon BEST VALUE?
- Do you manage your JOC Program directly versus outsource management to a JOC Consultant?
- Is your JOC Program audited regularly by a independent third party?
- Does your technical team (engineering/facilities management) and procurement team review very detailed line item estimate prepared by your JOC contractor(s)?
- Do you prepare a detailed line item estimate in-house for JOC projects over a set dollar threshold?
- Are you using a locally researched Open Unit Price Book, complete with labor, equipment, and material details, and provided from a source INDEPENDENT of anyone involved in managing your JOC, AND not using a national average price book and location factors?
- Are you using a cloud-based system, specifically designed for JOC?
- Does your JOC software calculate non-prepriced items in dollars and percentage for each JOC project?
- Can all participants view CURRENT information in real-time?
- Cay your JOC software enable viewing of Revit drawings, images, documents, etc.
- Is your JOC Program based upon LEAN collaborative construction delivery principles?
- Does your JOC Program equally support owners AND contractors to delivery win-win results?
If you answered “NO” to any of the above, then you may benefit from reviewing or Job Order Contract Operations Manual / Job Order Contract Execution Guide, an 80-page template based upon JOC best management practices and LEAN collaborative construction methods.
Request the Job Order Contract Operations Manual / Job Order Contract Execution Guide, an 80-page template