Job Order Contracting Program Checklist

The Job Order Contracting Program Checklist below may help to to determine rate the design and implementation of your JOC.

Job Order Contracting Program Checklist


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

  1. Do you have a written JOC Operations Manual or JOC Execution Guide?
  2. Have you selected JOC contractors based upon BEST VALUE?
  3. Do you manage your JOC Program directly versus outsource management to a JOC Consultant?
  4. Is your JOC Program audited regularly by a independent third party?
  5. Does your technical team (engineering/facilities management) and procurement team review very detailed line item estimate prepared by your JOC contractor(s)?
  6. Do you prepare a detailed line item estimate in-house for JOC projects over a set dollar threshold?
  7. 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?
  8. Are you using a cloud-based system, specifically designed for JOC?
  9. Does your JOC software calculate non-prepriced items in dollars and percentage for each JOC project?
  10. Can all participants view CURRENT information in real-time?
  11. Cay your JOC software enable viewing of Revit drawings, images, documents, etc.
  12. Is your JOC Program based upon LEAN collaborative construction delivery principles?
  13. 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