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Commercial Construction Delivery Methods: 3 Times To Go With A Negotiated Bid

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Any long-time readers of Hard Hat Chat have probably picked up on the fact that I’m a big fan of the negotiated bid. While there are valid reasons a client might go the competitive bid route, there are many more scenarios where the negotiated delivery method is better for all parties.

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Best Value Pre-Construction Tools and Services… and more

Job Order Contracting

LEAN pre-construction services define the following stages of a repair, renovation, or new construction project life-cycle: Project Conception Project Delivery Design Construction Documents Bidding/Negotiating/Procurement. LEAN Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery. Improve Productivity 20%-50%.

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Commercial Construction Project Planning: 3 Warning Signs Your Budget Might Go Bust

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While we do our best to provide budget estimates that are as accurate as possible, there are inevitably times when projects bids come in higher than the client expected, or that unanticipated costs push the job over-budget. Competitively Bidding the Project.

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Comprehensive job order contracting (JOC) system implementation and support services

Job Order Contracting

Ensure contractors do not inflate or negotiate price proposals to account for bidding adjustment factors too low. Select contractors based upon performance versus lowest bid. Establish shared goals and exercise joint ownership of project decisions from start to finish. Create facility inventory and dashboards.

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Auditor Recommended JOC Program Best Practices

Job Order Contracting

Negotiating individual projects is critical to ensuring quality work at fair and reasonable prices. You should establish guidelines for evaluating and negotiating Job Order Contract proposals. If low bid is not selected, have a document separate from the scoring sheets with a thorough explanation.

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JOC TASK ORDER Process Overview – USACE

Job Order Contracting

A detailed line item, and preferably locally researched (no use of cost factors) is used by the JOC contractor to prepare a propsal/bid for review by the USACE. When NPP items are negotiated and incorporated in a task order, this does not incorporate the item in the UPB for subsequent use as a priced item.

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Public RFPs: What Do We Do With You?

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I’ve spent the past four years starting a construction company through the public bidding process. I’ve probably bid at least 100 public RFPs, but I’ve only been awarded less than 10. I’ve been the low bid on projects with over 15 bidders and also the high bid on projects with just as many submissions.

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