How JOC Started Strong, Then Got Expensive
Open bidding was created to prevent fraud, waste and abuse and public procurement.
But when every single campus repair and hospital upgrade required its own full bidding process, the system ground to a halt.
Months of paperwork.
Endless delays.
Public works projects that should have taken weeks dragged into years.
Speed died.
Job Order Contracting changed that.
One contract.
Pre priced tasks.
Repairs and renovations suddenly moved up to 80% faster.
Facility owners won.
Contractors won, communities won.
Job order contracting worked.
Success led to consolidation, but what started as a simple flat annual subscription, became aggressive percentage-based fees on every single construction dollar flowing through the system.
During a five-year JOC contract, that is nearly $9 million in fees, money draining out of the system that could have stayed right in the community to fund roof replacements, HVAC upgrades, school infrastructure and deferred maintenance.
Those dollars weren't improving local facilities anymore; they were just paying corporate fees.
Customers noticed. Public works directors and facility managers called the original builders of the best job order contracting data and software and asked for another option.
We listened.
We built eConverge, a transparent subscription-based platform with accurate local pricing that puts data control and more money back where it belongs, in your communities.
Real speed, real control, no hidden fees.
That's the eConverge difference.
Book your demo today at eConverge.com/demo.