JOC is not a project, it is a program. Job order contracting is a program-based LEAN, integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery method.
Focus of all participants and stakeholders is upon well defined and well communicated mutually beneficial outcomes. Roles, responsibilities, and all other aspects associated with final outcomes are fully defined. Financial and technical detailed are also shared within a common data environment (CDE), which included a locally researched unit price book.
A JOC Program can handle a wide range of facilities and/or infrastructure repair, renovation, maintenance, sustainability, or new build requirements.
JOC must, however, be employed within a collaborative environment, with appropriate owner leadership, and in concert with fundamental LEAN principles. JOC should NEVER be used solely as a means to speed procurement and/or bypass requisite procurement oversight. JOC should also be employed only with full collaboration and joint support and decision-making the owner procurement and technical (facilities management, DPW, CE, etc.) teams. JOC Programs should also be audited by independent third parties, and compliant with all applicable laws/regulation.
