Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Combining a single source of truth with a robust and integrated Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Framework can reduced costs by 30%-40% as well as reduce risk for design builders. Having a verifiable and granular source of labor, material, equipment, and productivity data greatly improves timely and cost effective decision-making.

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 17, 2024

No longer rely on historical data, national average cost data, contractor lump sum quotes, location factors, or economic factors Improve cost estimates and visibility 30%-40%+ Itemize quantities, labor requirements, materials, equipment.

CSI 242

CSI Construction Estimating Equipment 242

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 17, 2020

Collaborative LEAN Construction Planning Procurement Project Delivery Solution. The post Announcing an Innovative LEAN Construction Planning Procurement Project Delivery Solution Solution appeared first on 4BT. Remove the traditional silos and no longer depend upon inefficient and antagonistic construction delivery methods.

Procurement 165

Procurement Innovation Plans Construction 165

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 15, 2023

Public Sector Construction Procurement is BROKEN. Each and every day the procurement of facilities repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction services occurs without any current, objective, verifiable cost information. This activity is in direct violation of the fiducicary responsibility of public sector organizations.

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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 8, 2025

Owners, design-builders and oversight groups no longer have to rely soley on national average cost data, location factoring, contractor quotes, or historical information.

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Job Order Contracting

JULY 22, 2020

Adaptive Lean Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery tools and services are readily available to assure the consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction projects on-time and on-budget. Recognition and leverage of the expertise of those actually doing the work is the norm.

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Procurement Plans Construction Bidding 147

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery can consistently drive significant improvement over traditional methods. The combination technology can also support program, project, bid/proposal, estimate, work order, client, contractor, subcontractor, asset, building, asset, and task management.

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Procurement Plans Construction Renovating 165

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 17, 2020

Collaborative LEAN Construction Planning Procurement Project Delivery Solution. The post Announcing an Innovative LEAN Construction Planning Procurement Project Delivery Solution appeared first on 4BT. Remove the traditional silos and no longer depend upon inefficient and antagonistic construction delivery methods. Learn more?

Procurement 130

Procurement Innovation Plans Construction 130

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 7, 2025

Technical planning and professional procurement team collaboration and adherence to robust best management practices are needed to mitigate financial and environmental waste. Consideration should also be given to the geographical location and site (Government versus contractor facility) in which the work will be performed.

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Estimating Procurement Contract Overhead 147

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

According to industry data, the average bid win percentage for a commercial contractor is 25%, meaning for every 10 bids submitted, they would win 2-3 projects. Importance of tracking win rate: It’s crucial for contractors to actively monitor their bid win rate to identify areas for improvement and strategize for better bid submissions.

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Bidding Construction Defense Contractors 147

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 11, 2022

JOC is both a procurement mechanism and a project delivery method. When designed and managed properly, JOC integrates planning, procurement, and project delivery processes and teams under a consistent programmatic workflow. Do I need to procure a set of technical specifications from a JOC products and services provider?

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Contract Procurement Estimating Renovating 263

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

It is the foundation of any repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build activity throughout associated planning, procurement, and project delivery. Reliable cost data is critical to efficient lifecycle total cost of ownership management for any built structure. What is reliable cost data?

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Estimating Procurement Renovating Management 147

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 21, 2022

JOC Construction RFP Planning and Procurement – Program Contract Organization, Documents/Bid Packages/Forms/Checklists/Approvals, Roles in Construction Projects, and Contractor Selection. Contractor/Subcontractor Management. Program Portfolio Management. Contract Management. Multiple-Project Delivery Environment.

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Bidding Procurement Claims Roads 264

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 14, 2022

They have been set up to simply procure construction/maintenance services faster, and in manner cases without traditional or proper oversight. How to integrate internal and external planning, procurement, and project delivery teams. How to create an RFP for JOC contractors. How to evaluate JOC contractors.

Contract 263

Contract Procurement Estimating Negotiation 263

Job Order Contracting

MAY 17, 2022

4BT OpenJOC / 4BT OpenBUILD – The integrated LEAN construction planning, procurement, and project delivery solution deployed as a cloud SaaS platform, and complete with full support services. management. Complete with locally detailed line-item unit price construction cost data BIM integration.

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Procurement Bidding BIM Documentation 262

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 20, 2025

4BT exclusively offers this information for any location, with all line-items organized using expanded CSI MasterFormat, enabling clear communication, collaboration, and alignment with all technical domains and participants throughout the planning, procurement, and project delivery lifecycle. Learn Why 4BTs Data Structure Excels.

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Estimating CSI Procurement Organization 147

Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Experience working with Contractors of all sizes – Four BT, LLC (4BT) is a certified veteran-owned small business (Veterans Administration), and fully understands the needs of smaller contractors when working with government organizations for the first time and on an ongoing basis. Selecting a Job Order Contracting Solution.

Contract 263

Contract Procurement Contractors Management 263

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Ensure contractors do not inflate or negotiate price proposals to account for bidding adjustment factors too low. Ensure contractors appropriately use non-pre-priced items and do NOT bundle multiple items into a single line time without full cost visibility of labor, materials, and equipment. JOC Contractor outreach marketing.

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Contract Procurement Bidding Negotiation 258

Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Job Order Contracting (JOC) has been distorted into a way to simply speed the procurement of repair, renovation, and new build construction, bypassing procurement rigors and doing little to assure mutually beneficial benefit to owners and design-builder or overall efficiency. Have you selected JOC contractors based upon BEST VALUE?

Contract 264

Contract Procurement Estimating Management 264

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 10, 2020

Job Order Contract Best Management Practices involve a focus upon LEAN collaborative construction planning, procurement, and project delivery processes and the associated integration of people, process, information, and people. Not all Job Order Contracts (JOC) and JOC Programs are the same. JOC Program Best Management Practices.

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Contract Management Procurement BIM 264

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 4, 2022

Internal and independent audits have found that many Job Order Contracting deployments have unfortunately degraded into a simple means of speeding procurement and also carry excessive administration costs tied to a percentage of construction costs. Integrated Project Planning, Procurement, and Delivery. Fully Compliant. Edwards Deming.

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Products Procurement Construction Plans 264

Construction Dive

APRIL 10, 2025

The request to firms that had already signed contracts, sent by the city’s chief procurement officer, could put significant strain on small builders.

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Chicago Procurement Contractors Contract 139

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 4, 2022

Many cooperatives are managed by private corporations and charge excessive fees to contractors and/or owners. 4bt.us – LEAN, integrated construction planning, procurement, and project delivery solutions. Best management practice would be to use JOC Cooperative Programs that charge 2% of less of construction value.

Contract 264

Contract Procurement Organization Management 264

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 31, 2019

BEST VALUE Public Sector Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery requires the LEAN integration of People, Process, Information, and Technology. Learn more… The post BEST VALUE Public Sector Construction Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery appeared first on 4BT.

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Procurement Plans Construction Environment 113

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 26, 2023

Procurement Workflows A detailed scope of work and an associated detailed line-item estimate is required before any procurement evaluation and award. From start to finish, bidding and procurement workflows are dependent upon robust process and current, granular local market labor, material, and equipment construction task data.

Management 264

Management Procurement Forecasting Change Orders 264

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 22, 2019

BEST VALUE & COMPLIANT Construction Planning, Procurement, And Project Delivery can be deployed and managed today using a robust suite LEAN tools and services. The post BEST VALUE & COMPLIANT Construction Planning, Procurement, And Project Delivery appeared first on 4BT. the OpenJOC(TM) Solution). the OpenJOC(TM) Solution).

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Procurement Plans Construction Life Cycle 113

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 27, 2022

Owner establishes a LEAN Job Order Program and selects vendors via a full and open best value procurement process: Minimum and maximum quantities or dollar values for annual construction and individual projects. During planning, procurement, and facilities professionals should work together to develop a clear. statement of work (SOW).

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Contract Management Procurement Life Cycle 260

Job Order Contracting

MAY 2, 2022

Integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery phases. Early and ongoing involvement of owners / designers / contractors /. Effective and open communication across inter and interorganizational teams. Mandatory initial and ongoing training/continuous improvement workshops. subcontractors.

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Construction Procurement Environment Contract 263

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 19, 2024

Although today’s construction processes are more specialized and fragmented than in ancient times, the underlying goal of integrating planning, design, procurement and project delivery/construction remains, aimed at improving efficiency, reducing conflicts, and enhancing project outcomes.

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Contract Procurement Modeling Design 245

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 21, 2023

JOC Program FAILURE POINTS Eliminating JOC Program FAILURE POINTS is key to maximizing benefits for both owners and awarded JOC contractors. Owner using JOC to simply speed procurement. Most JOC Programs are improperly implemented and therefore never achieve their many potential benefits. Owner “bid shopping” JOC project.

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Procurement Project Management Defense Bidding 244

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Low bid is an acceptable form of procuring repair, renovation, maintenance, or new construction services. Planning, procurement, and project delivery can be accomplished by disparate teams that lack integration through their respective life cycles.

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Life Cycle Subcontracting Procurement Bidding 264

Job Order Contracting

JUNE 7, 2023

Sustainable Facilities Management Alliance Contract – specific means of project planning, procurement, and delivery wherein the owner/principal and service provider (design-builder) work collaboratively to deliver the defined, mutually beneficial outcomes of a project. Owner support, capacity, commitment, and accountability, 2.

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Contract Procurement Construction Foundation 240

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 24, 2022

JOC contractor coefficients/adjustment factors should always exceed 1.0 JOC Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Teams must be integrated and observe robust LEAN philosophies and practices. . Using JOC to simply speed procurement can lead to major issues with both compliance and project delivery cost/efficiency.

Industrial 264

Industrial Procurement Comparison Plans 264

Job Order Contracting

JULY 8, 2024

There also may be “hidden fees” being charged to the awarded JOC Contractors that nonetheless end up being owner costs. Does the JOC Cooperative Program REQUIRE that a compliance audit be done for EVERY contractor estimate prior to award by an owner? Beware of the costs associated with using a JOC Cooperative.

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Contract Bidding Procurement Organization 244

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 9, 2021

The benefits of collaborative teams working within an integrated Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery Environment are well documented. The key is to set up a programmatic approach, within with all projects are planned, procured, and executed. Training and support for your teams and all awarded contractors.

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Management Procurement Life Cycle Plans 246

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 7, 2025

Better contractor alignment Estimates match how local subcontractors and suppliers bid , reducing disputes. This results in 30%-40% pricing errors in many cases because actual local conditions (supply chain disruptions, contractor demand, labor shortages, inflation) do not align with outdated national data plus an economic multiplier.

Management 147

Management Estimating Change Orders Construction 147

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The application of works flows, that integrate planning, procurement, and project delivery methods. Of course, but rarely practices by real property owners. Integrating People, Process, Information, and Technology is also another aspect of LEAN Asset Management. The post Lean Asset Management appeared first on 4BT.

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