Improving the Army's Job Order Contracting Program.

Abstract

Job order contracting is an innovative procurement technique designed to provide more responsive facility maintenance and repair and minor construction. It is intended to significantly reduce engineering and procurement lead-times by awarding a competitively bid, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity, multitask contract to a single general contractor. The contract consists of detailed task specifications for a multitude of real property maintenance activities encountered within a specific geographic area. Job order contracting was implemented Army-wide in 1988, and it has proved a responsive and efficient method for accomplishing quality project work. Additionally, JOC programs have been implemented by public, nonmilitary organizations at the federal, state, and local level. Numerous regulatory and other policy changes have occurred in the JOC programs since they were implemented. These changes vary among the military services and among nondefense organizations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA335312

Entities

People

  • Jordan W. Cassell
  • Linda T. Gilday

Organizations

  • LMI

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

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  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Civil Engineering
  • Commerce
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Geographic Regions
  • Incentive Contracts
  • Lead Time
  • Logistics Management
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Workload

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  • Systems Analysis and Design