Job Order Contracting (JOC) as an Alternative Project Delivery Method: Challenges and Opportunities

In 2021, Gordian and NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement partnered to conduct market research on construction project delivery method challenges and opportunities. The scope of this research was to better understand construction procurement trends, solicitation activities and the differences between project delivery methods – specifically Job Order Contracting, Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build. Download this report to discover what we learned from a survey of 260 procurement professionals, including:

• How construction procurement methods vary in transaction costs (quantified in terms of human efforts and/or material and capital resources invested).
• How construction project delivery methods compare in terms of time and demands on procurement team bandwidth.
• The impact of construction procurement methods on the relationship between the project owner and the awarded contractor.