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Chief Administrative Office, Facilities Division, recommending the Board authorize the Chair to sign Agreement for Services 3138 with The Gordian Group, Inc., doing business in California as The Mellon Group, to provide Job Order Contracting administration services for a five year term (November 5, 2018 through November 4, 2023) and a not-to-exceed amount of $500,000.
FUNDING: Accumulated Capital Outlay Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On November 5th, 2013, the Board authorized the Chair to sign Agreement for Services No. 144-S1411 with The Gordian Group, Inc., doing business in California as The Mellon Group, to provide Job Order Contracting (JOC) administration services for a five year term and a not-to-exceed amount of $500,000. This action initiated the JOC program for the County and the Division has relied upon these services for a number of successful projects. Over the term of this contract, the County has paid out approximately $420,000 to Gordian.
Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a procurement process that helps government entities complete a large number of repairs, maintenance and renovation projects with a single competitively bid contract. Unlike traditional bidding, where each project is identified, designed and put out to bid, Job Order Contracting establishes competitively bid prices up front and eliminates the need to separately bid each project.
Contractors will competitively bid unit prices. The overall contract amount (the sum of the individual projects) is expressed in a wide dollar range, such as $10,000 to $1 million. The contract is then awarded to the bidder chosen as the lowest responsive. Once the contract is in place, the Facilities Division may have the contractor perform a series of individual projects as separate job orders and the prices are never negotiated. The contractor is paid the pre-set unit prices multiplied by the competitively bid adjustment factor. This greatly reduces change orders and disputes.
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