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ACO – Administrative Contracting Officer
ATO – Authority to Operate
B&P – Bid and Proposal
BAA – Broad Agency Announcement
BAFO – Best and Final Offer
BD – Business Development
BDO – Blanket Delivery Order
BOA – Basic Ordering Agreement
BPA – Blanket Purchase Agreement
CA – Cooperative Agreement
CAC – Common Access Card
CAS – Cost Accounting Standards
CDRL – Contract Data Requirements List
CFR – Code of Federal Regulations
CLIN – Contract Line Item Number
CMMC – Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification
CO – Contracting Officer
COC – Certificate of Competency
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
CRADA – Co-operative Research & Dev’t Agreement
DAU – Defense Acquisition University
DCAA – Defense Contracting Audit Agency
DCMA – Defense Contract Management Agency
DFARS – Defense FAR Supplement
DLH – Direct Labor Hour
DSBS – Dynamic Small Business Search (Now SBS)
EDI – Electronic Data Interchange
EDWOSB – Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned
Small Business
EFT – Electronic Funds Transfer
EO – Executive Order
EPA – Economic Price Adjustment
eSRS – Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (Now SAM.gov/esrs)
FAR – Federal Acquisition Regulation
FAS – Federal Acquisition Service
FFP – Firm Fixed Price
FMV – Fair Market Value
FOIA – Freedom of Information Act
FOUO – For Official Use Only
FPR – Final Proposal Revision
FSC – Federal Supply Code (Class)
GAO – Government Accountability Office
GFE – Government Furnished Equipment
GFM – Government Furnished Materials
GFP – Government-Furnished Property
GOCO – Government Owned, Contractor Operated
GWAC – Government-wide Acquisition Contract
HCA – Head of Contracting Activity
HUBZone – Historically Underutilized Business Zones
IDIQ – Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity
IFB – Invitation for Bids
IG – Inspector General
IQC – Indefinite Quantity Contract
JV – Joint Venture
LOE – Level of Effort
LPTA – Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable
KO – Contracting Officer
MAS – Multiple Award Schedule
MATOC – Multiple Award Task Order Contract
MILSPEC – Military Specification
MOA – Memorandum of Agreement
MOD – Contract Modification
MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
NTE – Not to Exceed
NTP – Notice to Proceed
OCONUS – Outside the Continental US
ODC – Other Direct Costs
OIG – Office of Inspector General
OSDBU – Office of Small & Disadv. Business Utilization
OSBP – Office of Small Business Programs
OTA – Other Transaction Authority
PAS – Pre-Award Survey
PCO – Procuring Contracting Officer
PEO – Program Executive Officer
PIEE – Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment
PII – Personally Identifiable Information
PO – Purchase Order
POAM – Plan of Action and Milestones
POP – Period of Performance
PV – Prime Vendor
PWS – Performance Work Statement
R&D – Research and Development
RFI – Request for Information
RFP – Request for Proposal
RFQ – Request for Quotation
SAM – System for Award Management
SAP – Simplified Acquisition Procedures
SAT – Simplified Acquisition Threshold
SBLO – Small Business Liaison Officer
SBIR – Small Business Innovation Research
SBS – Small Business Search (formerly DSBS)
SBU – Sensitive but Unclassified
SCIF – Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle
SDVOSB – Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
SIC – Standard Industrial Classification (Codes)
SIN – Special Item Number
SOW – Statement of Work
SPRS – Supplier Performance Risk System
SSP – System Security Plan
(also used for ‘Source Selection Plan’ in some RFPs)
SSN – Sources Sought Notice
STTR – Small Business Technology Transfer
T4C – Termination for Convenience
T4D – Termination for Default
T&C – Terms and Conditions
TO – Task Order
TS – Top Secret
TS/SCI – Top Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information
T&M – Time and Materials
UI – Unit of Issue
USP – Unsolicited Proposal
WAWF – Wide Area Workflow
WOSB – Women Owned Small Business