Alliance For Job Order Contracting in Texas

The JOC laws of Texas today work well and are what publicly funded organizations need. Any new bills that could disrupt our ability to utilize Job Order Contracting, like HB447 must be looked at carefully and not rushed into law. This proposed law as it stands today will make JOC unmanageable as an option for us and end the ability to use Job Order Contracting in the state of Texas. This will impact the small, minority and disadvantaged businesses our JOC program supports, our local economy, plus end up costing the tax payers and the publicly funded facilities more money if approved.
 

• Job Order Contracting process today in Texas is a great benefit to publicly funded institutions and to the citizens and taxpayers. 
  

• Job Order Contracting supports many small businesses, minority businesses, disadvantaged businesses – employing many thousands of people in Texas.

• The JOC process gives public officials a key tool for efficiently and cost effectively handling construction projects and programs that are focused on renovation, rehabilitation and repair of public buildings and other public infrastructures. 
  

• Job Order Contracting has become a valuable component to operation, maintenance, construction and repair programs.  In addition to saving facilities owners and managers money, JOC provides them with access to fast, efficient and capable professionals in all fields and trades.
  

• When using a JOC program, the publicly funded organizations and institutions save significant costs on design, procurement and construction.
  

• The architects, engineers and designers available through JOC understand construction and value engineer each project to provide us exactly what we need.  Through the development of a relationship, the designers understand the facilities teams systems, processes, and goals and provide code-compliant designs perfectly tailored to their needs.  This same relationship helps the JOC contractor minimize disruptions to facilities operations and provides quality construction the first time, further saving the facilities and the taxpayer’s money. 
  

• JOC also saves on procurement costs by decreasing the frequency our procurement staff must solicit competitive bids. Since the procurement is already in place via a competitively bid solicitation in compliance with the laws of the state, JOC provides facilities owners and managers with very fast response to repairs, renovations, and clean-ups allowing their employees to focus on other mission critical efforts. This creates an extension of the people resources without added cost (only pay for people support when needed).
  

• Further, the JOC contractor maintains relationships with many, many more subcontractors, suppliers and vendors than the facilities owners and managers ever could.  These relationships help provide very responsive service on demand.
  

• The JOC Contractors’ subcontractor relationships also provide facilities owners with experience and skills that facilities support people may not possess.  JOC gives these facilities owners access to elevator tradesmen, painters, carpenters, laborers, plumbers, electricians, and many other specialty tradesmen that facilities managers would otherwise have difficulty locating and contracting with.