Specialization Certificate: Job Order Contracting

• Establish a JOC program that allows for smaller projects to be completed faster and reduces administrative costs.
• Acquire stakeholder support to establish a JOC program.
• Establish parameters to determine the best procurement method and requirements for the term contracts.
• Establish parameters to determine the best procurement method and requirements for the term contract.
• Manage JOC contracts while ensuring program viability and compliance.

This offering is targeted to individuals who meet or exceed the following professional demographics:  

• Mid-level public procurement and central warehouse professionals who serve as senior buyers, managers, directors, or equivalent functions within their respective entities.   

• Non-procurement managers and supervisors who either provide procurement functions that support entity programs under delegated authority, or who already have a good understanding of basic procurement principles but wish to get more in-depth, hands-on training.   

• Professionals who are employed by local governing entities and special authorities (such as K-12 and higher education, publicly owned utilities, transportation providers, and other publicly funded or created entities) who either serve within or manage the procurement function.  

• Supplier managers and supervisors seeking to understand the public procurement function from a more in-depth holistic level, including the policies, standards, and procedures by which public entities must function.