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| AAR | After Action Report | |
| ACAT | Acquisition Category | |
| ACO | Administrative Contracting Officer | |
| ACQ | Acquisition | |
| ACS | Assistant Chief of Staff | |
| ACWP | Actual Cost of Work Performed | |
| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act | |
| ADPE | Automated Data Processing Equipment | |
| AI | Action Item | |
| ALIN | Agreement Line Item Number | |
| ANS | American National Standard | |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute | |
| AVBS | Automated Best Value System | |
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B |
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| B/L | Bill of Lading | |
| B&P | Bid and Proposal | |
| BAA | Broad Agency Announcement | |
| BAC | Budgeted Cost at Completion | |
| BAFO | Best and Final Offer | |
| BAT | Best Available Technology | |
| BD | Business Development | |
| BDO | Blanket Delivery Order | |
| BMM | Business Matchmaking | |
| BOA | Basic Ordering Agreement | |
| BOS | Business Opportunity Specialist | |
| BPA | Blanket Purchase Agreement | |
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| CA | Cooperative Agreement | |
| CAD | Computer Assisted Design | |
| CAGE | Commercial and Government Entity | |
| CAO | Congressional Affairs Office | |
| CAS | Cost Accounting Standards | |
| CBI | Confidential Business Information | |
| CBO | Congressional Budget Office | |
| CCDR | Contract Cost Data Report | |
| CCR | Central Contractor Registration | |
| CDD | Contract Delivery Date | |
| CDRL | Contract Data Requirements List | |
| CEA | Cost Effective Analysis | |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations | |
| CFSR | Contract Funds Status Report | |
| CICA | Competition in Contracting Act | |
| CID | Commercial Item Description | |
| CIO | Chief Information Officer | |
| CLIN | Contract Line Item Number | |
| CM | Configuration Management | |
| CMM | Capability Maturity Model | |
| CMMI | Capability Maturity Model-Integrated | |
| CMO | Contract Management Office | |
| CMT | Contract Management Team | |
| CO | Contracting Officer | |
| COB | Close of Business | |
| CONUS | Continental United States | |
| COR | Contracting Officer Representative | |
| COTR | Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative | |
| COTS | Commercial Off-the-Shelf | |
| CPAF | Cost Plus Award Fee | |
| CPARS | Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System | |
| CPFF | Cost Plus Fixed Fee | |
| CPIF | Cost Plus Incentive Fee | |
| CPN | Contract Payment Notice | |
| CPR | Cost Performance Report | |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreement | |
| CY | Calendar Year | |
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D |
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| DACA | Days After Contract Award | |
| DARO | Days After Receipt of Order | |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | |
| DCAA | Defense Contract Audit Agency | |
| DCMA | Defense Contract Management Agency | |
| DEL | Delivery | |
| DFARS | Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement | |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security | |
| DI | Document Identifier | |
| DIC | Document Identifier Code | |
| DID | Data Item Description | |
| DLA | Defense Logistics Agency | |
| DLH | Direct Labor Hour | |
| DOC | Department of Commerce | |
| DOD | Department of Defense | |
| DOE | Department of Energy | |
| DOI | Department of the Interior | |
| DOJ | Department of Justice | |
| DOL | Department of Labor | |
| DOS | Department of State | |
| DOT | Department of Transportation | |
| DUNS | Data Universal Numbering System | |
| DVD | Direct Vendor Delivery | |
| DZ | Dozen | |
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E |
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| EA | Each | |
| EB | Electronic Business | |
| EC | Electronic Commerce | |
| ECP | Engineering Change Proposal | |
| EDD | Estimated Delivery Date | |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange | |
| EDOP | Expedited Delivery Order Process | |
| EEO | Equal Employment Opportunity | |
| EFT | Electronic Funds Transfer | |
| EO | Executive Order | |
| EOM | End of Month | |
| ETA | Estimated Time of Arrival | |
| ETC | Estimate to Complete | |
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F |
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| FAQ | Frequently Asked Question | |
| FAR | Federal Acquisition Regulation | |
| FAS | Federal Acquisition Service | |
| FASA | Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act | |
| FFP | Firm Fixed Price | |
| FFRDC | Federally Funded Research and Development Center | |
| FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standards | |
| FISMA | Federal Information Security Management Act | |
| FLSA | Fair Labor Standards Act | |
| FMS | Foreign Military Sales | |
| FMV | Fair Market Value | |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act | |
| FPI | Fixed Price Incentive | |
| FPL | Federal Procurement List | |
| FSC | Federal Supply Classification | |
| FSN | Federal Stock Number | |
| FSS | Federal Supply Schedules | |
| FTE | Full Time Equivalent | |
| FY | Fiscal Year | |
| FYI | For Your Information | |
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| G&A | General and Administrative | |
| GAA | General Agency Agreement | |
| GAO | Government Accountability Office | |
| GBL | Government Bill of Lading | |
| GFE | Government Furnished Equipment | |
| GFM | Government Furnished Materials | |
| GFP | Government-Furnished Property | |
| GOCO | Government Owned, Contractor Operated | |
| GPO | Government Printing Office | |
| GSA | General Services Administration | |
| GSARS | General Services Acquisition Regulation Supplement | |
| GWAC | Government-wide Acquisition Contract | |
| H | ||
| HBCUs | Historically Black Colleges and Universities | |
| HCA | Head of Contracting Activity | |
| HQ | Headquarters | |
| HR | Human Resources | |
| HUB | Historically Underutilized Business | |
| I | ||
| IA | Information Assurance | |
| IAW | In Accordance With | |
| IDIQ | Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity | |
| IFB | Invitation for Bid | |
| IG | Inspector General | |
| IQC | Indefinite Quantity Contract | |
| ISO | International Standards Organization (or International Organization for Standardization) | |
| ISSA | Inter/Intra Service Support Agreement | |
| IV&V | Independent Validation and Verification | |
| IT | Information Technology | |
| K | ||
| KM | Knowledge Management | |
| KSPH | Keystrokes per Hour | |
| L | ||
| LAN | Local Area Network | |
| LOA | Letter of Offer and Acceptance | |
| LOB | Line of Business | |
| LOE | Level of Effort | |
| LOP | Letter of Procurement | |
| LT | Lot | |
| M | ||
| M&IE | Meals and Incidental Expense | |
| MBDC | Minority Business Development Center | |
| MBE | Minority Business Entrepreneur | |
| MILSPEC | Military Specification | |
| MIL-STD | Military Standard | |
| MOA | Memorandum of Agreement | |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding | |
| N | ||
| NAICS | North American Industry Classification System | |
| NARA | National Archives and Records Administration | |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | |
| NASFARS | National Aeronautics Space Administration FAR Supplement | |
| NDI | Non-Developmental Item | |
| NIIN | National Item Identification Number | |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology | |
| NLT | No Later Than | |
| NSN | National Stock Number | |
| NTE | Not to Exceed | |
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| O/A | On or About | |
| OCONUS | Outside the Continental United States | |
| OCR | Optical Character Recognition | |
| OFPP | Office of Federal Procurement Policy | |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget | |
| OPM | Office of Personnel Management | |
| OSDBU | Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization | |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration | |
| OWBO | Office of Women’s Business Ownership | |
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P |
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| P/N | Part Number | |
| PAR | Payroll, Accounting and Reporting System | |
| PCO | Procuring Contracting Officer | |
| PCR | Procurement Center Representative | |
| PEO | Program Executive Officer | |
| PES | Professional Engineering Services | |
| PID | Procurement Item Description | |
| PIN | Personal Identification Number | |
| PIV | Personal Identity Verification | |
| PK | Package | |
| PL | Public Law | |
| PMP | Program Management Plan | |
| PO | Purchase Order | |
| POA&M | Plan of Action and Milestones | |
| POC | Point of Contact | |
| PPIRS | Past Performance Information Retrieval System | |
| PR | Pair; Peer Review(s); Purchase Request | |
| PRDA | Program Research and Development Announcement | |
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| QA | Quality Assurance | |
| QAB | Quality Assurance Program | |
| QBL | Qualified Bidders List | |
| QC | Quality Control | |
| QMS | Quality Management System | |
| QPL | Qualified Products List | |
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| R&D | Research and Development | |
| RD&D | Research, Development and Demonstration | |
| RDD | Required Delivery Date | |
| RDDTE | Research, Development, Demonstration, Testing and Evaluation | |
| RFB | Request for Bid | |
| RFI | Request for Information | |
| RFID | Radio Frequency Identification | |
| RFP | Request for Proposal | |
| RFQ | Request for Quotation | |
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| SADBUS | Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Specialist | |
| SAT | System Acceptance Test | |
| SBA | Small Business Administration | |
| SBAC | Small Business Advisory Committee | |
| SBDC | Small Business Development Center | |
| SBIC | Small Business Investment Company | |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research | |
| SBSA | Small Business Set Aside | |
| SDB | Small Disadvantaged Business | |
| SDV | Service Disabled Veteran | |
| SDVOSB | Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business | |
| SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission | |
| SF | Standard Form | |
| SIC | Standard Industrial Classification Codes | |
| SIN | Special Item Number | |
| SKN | Stock Keeping Number | |
| SKU | Stock Keeping Unit | |
| SOO | Statement of Objectives | |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure | |
| SOW | Statement of Work | |
| SSA | Source Selection Authority | |
| SSA | Social Security Administration | |
| SSN | Social Security Number | |
| STTR | Small Business Technology Transfer Program | |
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T |
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| T&M | Time and Materials | |
| TBA | To be Announced | |
| TCO | Termination Contracting Officer | |
| TD | Technology Development | |
| T for C | Termination for Convenience | |
| T for D | Termination for Default | |
| TIN | Taxpayer Identification Number | |
| TINA | Truth in Negotiations Act | |
| TIPS | Technical Information Packages | |
| TQM | Total Quality Management | |
| TTN | Technology Transfer Network | |
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U |
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| U/I | Unit of Issue | |
| UCC | Universal Commercial Code | |
| UPC | Universal Product Code | |
| USC | United States Code | |
| USG | United States Government | |
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V |
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| V&V | Verification and Validation | |
| VAR | Value Added Reseller | |
| VC | Venture Capital(ist) | |
| VSC | Vendor Support Center | |
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W |
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| WAWF | Wide Area Work Flow | |
| WBC | Women’s Business Centers | |
| WBE | Women’s Business Enterprise | |
| WBS | Work Breakdown Structure | |
| WOSB | Woman-Owned Small Business | |
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Y |
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| YOB | Year of Birth | |
| YR | Year | |
| YTD | Year to Date | |