The JOC glossary

The overall contract framework within which individual job orders are developed. Use it to identify the pricing basis and authority for ordering work.

The completion review and records for a finished job order. Compare the completed tasks with the issued scope and collect the required completion documents.

A numerical factor covering costs outside book unit prices, such as general and administrative and other overhead, insurance and bonding. Contractors bid their coefficient or coefficients.^[1][3]

The party preparing the job order proposal and carrying out the contracted work. In a proposal, connect selected tasks and quantities to the written scope.

A project-specific procurement approach in which the project is designed and then bid separately. This library contrasts that structure with individual job orders within a shared JOC framework.

What is present at the work location before work begins. For example, record the location of damaged ceiling tiles separately from the instruction to replace them.

A pricing term in the formal description of JOC as a competitively bid, firm-fixed-price IDIQ construction delivery method. Use the applicable contract for the term’s legal meaning.^[2][3]

Indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity. This describes the contract framework used by JOC; individual job orders identify particular work within it.^[2][3]

An individual package of work within the JOC framework. Its price uses selected line-item unit prices, quantities and the contractor’s coefficient.^[3]

A meeting to define the intended work with the owner, contractor and relevant participants. Use it to walk the location, record conditions, measure work and settle scope questions.

An individual task entry selected from a price book. Its description, unit, unit price and proposed quantity identify what is being priced.^[1][3]

Work not in the price book. Such items generally carry a coefficient above 1.00.^[4]

Working-hour categories for which solicitations may request different coefficients. Work outside normal hours is generally expected to carry a higher factor; match the proposed hours to the defined category.^[1][4]

A further contract year identified as an option in the contract documents. Locate the option provisions when evaluating the contract period.

The facility organization commissioning the work. Assign the people who confirm the scope, supply site information, review proposals and obtain authorized issuance.

A construction task listed in the price book with a unit of measure and unit price. Confirm its full description before matching it to the scope.^[1]

The contractor’s description and pricing of proposed job order work. Connect its selected entries to the scope and support each quantity with a takeoff.^[3]

The measurements and calculations supporting proposed quantities. Record units and location labels so a reviewer can reproduce how the quantity was established.

The written description of the intended work. State locations, tasks, boundaries, access and hours so someone who missed the site meeting can understand what is included.

The procurement document setting out the requested bid inputs and requirements. Locate its price-book reference, coefficient categories and clarification instructions.^[1]

A list of construction tasks, units of measure and unit prices, also called a UPB. Unit prices include direct material, labor and equipment costs, but not indirect costs or profit.^[1]