Job Order Contracting Program Implementation Strategy

Job Order Contracting Program Implementation Strategy

A Job Order Contracting Program Implementation Strategy based upon best management practices considers multiple interrelated factors.  Here is a outline of a few items to be considered.

Remember that a Job Order Contract can be designed, implemented, and managed by the Owner, a combination of an Owner and a JOC Consultant, or JOC task orders can be executed leveraging a Cooperatives.   Each method has its role as well as advantages an disadvantages.  For Owners that have approximately $2M or more in JOC annual construction volume and appropriate levels of resources and capability generally get the highest value from and Owner-implemented and Owner-managed JOC.

Job Program Implementation Strategy

List of Considerations when developing your Job Program Implementation Strategy….

  • Maximum and minimum dollar values of the overall JOC Program
  • Maximum and minimum annual dollar values of the JOC Program
  • Number of option years / periods
  • Performance bond and size
  • Architectural/Engineering service levels
  • Federal/County/State/Local regulations/ordinances/requirements
  • Small business/minority business goals
  • Reporting requirements
  • Overall JOC programs goals
  • JOC-specific key performance indicators (KPIs)
  • Training – introductory, advanced, certification, location, frequency
  • JOC Technology
  • JOC Unit Price Book – Type, Data Architecture (CSI Masterformat), update strategy
  • Technical Specifications to be reference
  • Job Order Contract Documents
  • JOC execution manual / JOC operations manual
  • Number of JOC contractors
  • Contractor requirements/qualifications/evaluation
  • JOC bidding process
  • Bid bond
  • Overall procurement strategy
  • Non-prepriced item strategy
  • Independent Audits – number, level of detail

Spend all the time necessary to develop the best written Job Order Contracting Program Implementation Strategy possible.  Do you your homework.  Contact multiple JOC consultants and vendors.  Contact peer organizations and professional trade associations.  Review public audits of Job Order Contracts.   The later are very helpful in avoiding pitfalls.

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Additional JOC Resources

ASSET LIFE-CYCLE MODEL – Total Cost of Ownership Management

BIM, LEAN Construction, and a Common Data Environment (CDE)

BIM, PROJECT DELIVERY METHODS, WASTE, & LACK OF LEADERSHIP

How to Select a JOC Unit Price Book – White Paper – Download – Select a JOC UPB

JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – Overview & Best Management Practices – Job Order Contracting White Paper 2016801

COLLABORATION IN CONSTRUCTION – IPD, JOC – Collaboration In Construction-White Paper

INTEGRATED PROJECT DELIVERY – for Public and Private Owners – Integrated_Project_Delivery_for_Owners_

THE HISTORY OF JOB ORDER CONTRACTING – The LEAN Construction Delivery Method

Job Order Contracting – A Procurement Success Story, 1998

Unit Price Books for Job Order Contracting

Why BIM Will Not Succeed – Higher Level of Owner Competency Required

The What, Why and How of Job Order Contracting (JOC) – CEFPI Educational Brief

2015-IDIQ-Contract-White-Paper-National-Academy-of-Sciences