Alliance For Job Order Contracting in Texas

Texas Job Order Contracting Facts:

• An estimated 10,000 Texas owned businesses gain income & employ thousands of people in Texas: directly related to Job Order Contracting (JOC) programs.

 

• Job Order Contracting has been used since the early 1990’s in Texas with success and high owner satisfaction.

 

• 1,000+ individual task orders (projects) are completed each year utilizing JOC without issues or problems in Texas.

Well recognized Texas publicly funded Universities, Cities, Municipalities, and Public School Districts currently utilize Job Order Contracting today. Those with a JOC program today include University of Texas at San Antonio/Tyler/Dallas/El Paso, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, Clear Creek ISD , University of Texas at Austin, Houston ISD, Texas Parks & Wildlife, City of Corpus Christi, Hidalgo County, Dallas Fort Worth Airport, North East ISD (San Antonio), City of Desoto, Texas A&M University, Harris County, University of Houston, Houston Metro, Pasadena ISD, Trinity University, Texas State University, Northside ISD (San Antonio), City of Brownsville, Cameron County, Jefferson County, City of Houston (currently bidding), Houston Airport System, etc. TO MANY TO LIST HERE, All regions of Texas utilize Job Order Contracting.

• Job Order Contracting in Texas provides significantly enhanced opportunities for minority, small & disadvantaged companies in Texas (the majority of dollars from JOC programs go to these businesses in the local communities). 

 

• Job Order Contracting programs are being competitively bid today in Texas and have terms defined by the governing boards/ approving authorities (years, size of task orders, what type of projects, budget ranges). No ?SKIRTING" of competitive bidding requirements is occurring.

 

• Job Order Contracting in Texas is an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) program, with no guarantee of any amount of work by the facility owner ? meaning that at anytime an owner can choose other approved construction methods. 

 

• Job Order Contracting programs are competitively bid today in Texas and awarded by facility owners & boards directly, as well as through Purchasing Cooperatives, or through interlocal agreements between agencies.

 

• Job Order Contracting speeds up the delivery of construction services, and allows more construction funds to result in physical work, by eliminating inefficient and costly procurement processes.

 

• No Limits exist for other construction delivery methods, i.e.  CM at Risk, Design Build, etc.