Glossary of Contracting-Related Terms

See helpful hints for finding your acronym at the end of the document.

8(a) refers to the small business statute paragraph referring to a program for small and disadvantaged businesses

-A-
A&E Architect-Engineering
AA Assistant Administrator
AAS Advisory and Assistance Services (PPN 92-01 & 13 Apr 92 memo)
ACES Access Certificates for Electronic Services
ACL Access Control List
ACO Administrative Contracting Officer
ADCR Automated Document Control Register/IFMS System
ADOPO Alternate Delivery Order Project Officer
ADPOMB ADP Operations Management Branch (@ RTP - pre reorganization)
ADR Alternative Disputes Resolution
AED Automated External Defribrillator
AH Allowance Holder (two digit identification in the REQL for the EPA organization) or OAM Acquisition Handbook
AIRMS ADP Information Resources Management and Scientific
AIS Automated Information Systems
AKA Also know as
ALJ Administrative Law Judges
AMPB Architectural Management and Planning Branch
AMR Acquisition Management Review
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ARCS Alternative Remedial Contracting Strategy
AP Acquisition Plan
APR Agency Procurement Request
APDS Automated Procurement Documentation System
API Application Programming Interface
ARL Authority Revocation List
ARO After receipt of order
ARP Acquisition Rotation Program (PEC program)
ASCII American Standards Code for Information Interchange
ASD Administrative Systems Division
ASO Application Security Officer
ASP Application Service Provider
ASPA Armed Services Procurement Act (10 U.S.C. 2302)
ATSC Acquisition Training Service Center
AV Anti-Virus
AVS Application Visualization System
AWS Alternate Work Schedule

B
B2B Business to Business
B2G Business to Government
BAA Broad Agency Announcement
BBS Bulletin Board System
BCSLIB Boeing Mathematical and Statistical Library
BI 1) Background Investigations
2) Business Intelligence
BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIN Business Identification Number (suggested)
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics
BOA Basic Ordering Agreement
BOD 1) Beneficial Occupancy Date
2) Bid Opening Date
BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement
BPN Business Profile Network (see IVPN)
BSPR Baseline Security Practices and Requirements

C
CA 1) Competitive Advocate
2. Certification Authority (for PKI)
CAA Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401)
CAAA Clean Air Act Amendments
CAAC Civilian Agency Acquisition Council
CACO Corporate Administrative Contracting Officer
CAGE Commercial and Government Entity Code
CAO Contract Administration Office
CAS Cost Accounting Standards
CASB Cost Accounting Standards Board
CAFAD Cost Advisory and Financial Analysis Division
CAMP Contract Administrative Management Plan (see CMAP)
CARS Computer Assisted Retrieval System (68-W3-0027/0002)
CBA Collective Bargaining Agreements
CBE Commercial Business Environment
CBD Commerce Business Daily
CBI Confidential Business Information
CCB (1) Configuration Control Board
(2) Change Control Board
CCIDs Computing Center Identifications
CCO Chiefs of the Contracting Office
CCPI Confidential Contract Proposal Information
CCR Central Contractor Registration
CCRC Contracts Customer Relations Committee /Council ?
CCTV Closed Circuit Television
CDOTS Contract Delivery Order Tracking System
CEC Contract Establishment Code
CEMC Coalition of Environmental Mid-Size Companies
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 USC Sec 9607 as amended (Superfund)
CESA Cyberspace Electronic Security Act
CFAA Common Federal Acquisition Architecture
CFE Contractor Furnished Equipment
CFM Contractor Furnished Material
CFP Contractor Furnished Property
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CFY Current Fiscal Year
CG Comptroller General
CICA Competition in Contracting Act (1984)
CID 1) Criminal Investigation Division
2) Commercial Item Description
CIO Chief Information Officer
CIPS Centers Information Processing System
CIS Contract Information System (OAM's CIS was retired 12/99)
CJE Critical Job Element
CLASS Contract Laboratory Analytical Support Services (part of the CLP, aka SMO)
CLEP College Level Examination Program
CLIN Contract Line Item Number
CLP Contract Laboratory Program
CMAP Contract Management Administration Plan (see CAMP)
CMM (1) Contract Management Manual
(2) Capability Maturity Model
CNT Contract
CO (1) Contracting Officer
(2) Change Order
COB Close of Business
COC Certificate of Competency (from SBA)
COE Corps of Engineers
COI Conflict of Interest
COOP Continuity of Operations Plan
CONUS Continental United States and the District of Columbia
COR Contracting Office Representative
COTR Contracting Office Technical Representative
CP Certificate Policy (PKI)
CPG Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines
CPAF Cost Plus Award Fee
CPARS Combined Payroll Redistribution and Reporting System (68-W3-0027)
CPIC Capital Planning and Investment Control
CPIF Cost Plus Incentive Fee
CPFF Cost Plus Fixed Fee
CPO Contract Project Of
CPS 1) Contract Payment System
2) Contractor Performance System (NIH)
3) Certification Practice Statement (PKI)
CPSR Contractor Programs System Review
CPU Central Processing Unit
CR Cost Reimbursement
CRCC Career Resource and Counseling Center
CRL Certificate Revocation List
CRM Customer Relationship Management
CROMERRR C R O Managing Electronic Records Recordkeeping Requirements??
CSI Common Sense Initiative
CSOR Computer Security Object Registry
CVE Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
CWA Clean Water Act (33 U.S.
CWS Compressed Work Schedule
CY (1) Calendar Year
(2) Current Year

E
EAI Enterprise Application Integration
EAJC Equal Access to Justice Act
EC Electronic Commerce
ECP Engineering Change Proposal
ECA External certification authority
EDA Electronic Document Access
EDI Electronic Data (or document) Interchange
EEO Equal Employment Opportunity
EFT Electronic Funds Transfer
e.g. for example (L. Exampli gratia)
EIIP Emission Inventory Improvement Program
EIS Executive Information System
EIT Electronic and Information Technology
EM Electronic Messaging screen
EMAP Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
EMSL Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory
EOD Engineering Operations Division (now outdated - 68-W3-0030, Task 3, Roger Dornberger)
EPAAR EPA Acquisition Regulation
EPAYS EPA Payroll and Personnel System
EPCA Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6361)
EPCRA Emergency Planning and Community Right-to Know Act of 1986
EPIC Electronic Processes Initiatives Committee
EPP Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
EPS Electronic Posting System
ERC Enhanced Reliability Check
ERCS Emergency Response Cleanup Services Contracts
ERL Environmental Research Laboratory
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
ES Engineering Services
ESA Employment Standards Administration (DOL - EEO clearance)
ESI Enforcement Sensitive Information
EU European Union
EVM Earned Value Management

G
G&A General and Administrative
GAO General Accounting Office
GARL Group Action Request List
GEP Government Entry Point
GFM Government Furnished Material
GFP Government Furnished Property
GICS Grants Information and Control System
GILS Government Information Locator Services
GIS Geographic Information Systems
GISRA Government Information Security Reform Act
GITSB Government Information Technology Services Board
GOCO Government Owned - Contractor Operated
GPE Government Point of Entry
GPEA Government Paperwork Elimination Act
GPO Government Printing Office
GPEA Government Paperwork Elimination Act of 1998
GPRA Government Performance and Results Act
GRS General Records Schedule
GSA General Services Administration
GTR Government Travel Regulations
GUI Graphical User Interface
GWACs Government Wide Acquisition Contracts

H
HACU Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
HBCU Historically Black College/University
HCA Head, Contract Activity
HDPS Homeland Defense Procurement Strategy
HEP Hispanic Employment Program
HPCC High Performance Computing and Communications
HPCCIT High Performance Computing, Communications, and Information Technology
HPCS High Performance Computing System
HPOD Headquarters, Procurement Operations Division
HR Human Resource
HRS Hazard Ranking System
HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HUBZone Historically Underutilized Business Zone

I
IAE Integrated Acquisition Environment
IAG Interagency Agreement
IAW In Accordance With
ibid in the same place (L.ibidem)
IC Information Centers
ICAR Individual Contract Action Report (FPDS)
ICMS Integrated Contract Management System
ID (1) Indefinite Delivery
(2) Indirect Rate
(3) Identification
IDDQ Indefinite Delivery Definite Quantity
IDIQ Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity
IDP Individual Development Plan
i.e. That is (L.id est)
IEEE Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IFB Invitation for Bid
IFMS Integrated Financial Management System
IG Inspector General
IGA Intergovernmental Agreement
IGCE Independent Government Cost Estimate
IGE Independent Government Estimate
IGMS Information Grants Management System
ILC Irrevocable letters of credit
IM (1) Information Management screen
(2) Instant Messaging
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IP Internet Protocol
IPP Internet Protocol Printing
IQ Indefinite Quantity
IRM Information Resource Management
IRP Installation Restoration Program
ISDN Integrated Services Digital network
ISO (1) Information Security Officer
(2) International Standard Organization
(3) Independent System Operator
ISP Internet Service Provider
ITA Information Technology Architecture
ITMRA Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996
ITU International Telecommunications Union
ITV Interactive Video instruction
IVPN Integrated Vendor Profile network (IVPN) replaces CCR

J
JAD Joint Application Development
JFMIP Joint Financial Management Improvement Program
JOFOC Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition
JWOD Javits-Wagner-O'Day (programs for blind and disabled)

K
K (1) Contract
(2) Thousand (2K = 2,000)
KPA Key Process Area
Kr Contractor
Kt Contract
KW Knowledge Management

L
LAN Local Area Network
LC Letter Contract
LIFO Last In First Out
LILO Last In Last Out
LMOVM2C Left message on voice mail to call back
LNS Laboratory Network Systems
LOE Level of Effort
LOFC Limitation of Future Contracting
LOI Letters of Interest
LSA Labor Surplus Area
LT Leadtime
LWOP Leave Without Pay

M
MAC (1) Multiple Award Contract
(2) Multi Agency Contract
MAIA Mid Atlantic Integrated Assessment
MARS Management and Accounting Reporting System
MAS Multiple Award Schedule
MBE Minority Business Enterprise
MBEWBE Minority Business Enterprise Women Owned Business Enterprise
MBO Management by Objectives
MC Mail Code
MCDS Multi-Channel Data System (68-W3-0030, Task 6, Pat Brower 313/668-4480 or Greg Suomala 313/668-4470)
MEB Minority Owned Business
MES Management Evaluation Staff
MICRO Relational database under MTS operating system (68-W3-0032)
MI Minority Institute
MIS Management Information System
MLT Manufacturing Leadtime
MOA Memorandum of Agreement
MOSES Mission Oriented Systems Engineering Support
MOC Management of Change
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MS Milestones
MWP Management Work Plan Attainment
MTS Michigan Terminal System, Computer Timesharing

N
NA Not Applicable
NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NAFTA North American Trade Agreements Act
NAG Numerical Algorithms Group, Inc.
NAICS North American Industry Classification System (65 FR 46055) effective 10/1/2000)
NAV Norton Anti-Virus
NCC National Computer Center
NCPD National Contracts Payment Division; outdated; now Financial Management Division (6/93)
NCSC North Carolina Supercomputer Center
NDPD National Data Processing Division
NDU National Defense University
NECPA National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253 and 8262g)
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NESC National Environmental Supercomputing Center, Bay City, MI - moved to RTP
NIB National Industries for the Blind
NICE (1) National Information Center Exchange (publication to Agency Information Centers)
(2) Network Information and Control Exchange
NIH National Institutes of Health
NII National Information Infrastructure
NIS Not in Stock
NISH National Industries for the Severely Handicapped
NIST National Institute for Standards and Technology
NLRB National Labor Relations Board
NLT No Later Than
NPL National Priority List
NRP National Performance Review
NR Not Required
NSN National Stock Number
NSNA No Stock Number Assigned
NSP (1) Not Separately Priced
(2) Network Services Protocol
NTSD National Technology Services Division
NVFEL National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI

O
O&M Operations & Maintenance (budget)
o/a On or About
OA (1) Office of the Administrator
(2) Ordering Activity
OB Operating Budget
ODN Obligating Document Number
OAM Office of Acquisition Management
OARM Office of Administration and Resources Management
OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest (PPN 91-06)
OCR Optical Character Recognition
ODBC Open Database Connectivity drivers (AL Pesachowitz Forms Pilot)
ODC Other Direct Costs
ODR Observed Defect Rate
OE Assistant Administrator for Enforcement
OEI Office of Environment Information (formerly OIRM)
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OF Optional Form
OFCCP Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (DOL, ESA - EEO clearance)
OFAC Office Forms Advisory Council
OFF Office Forms Facilitator (AL Pesachowitz Forms Pilot)
OFPPA Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 425)
OFPP Office of Federal Procurement Policy
OGC Office of General Counsel
OH Overhead
OID Object identifier
OIG Office of the Inspector General
OIRM Office of Information Resources Management(now OEI)
OJT On the Job Training
OLAP On-line Analytical Processing
OLTP On-Line Transaction Processing
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OMS Office of Mobile Services
OMSAPC (in 68-W3-0030 contract)
OPM Office of Personnel Management
OPP Office of Pesticide Programs
OPPT Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
ORD Office of Research and Development
OSA Operational Service Agreement
OSC On Site Coordinator
OSDBU Office of Small and Disadvantage Business Utilization
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OT Overtime
OW Office of Water

P
P2 Pollution Prevention Framework
PA Privacy Act
PALT Procurement Action Lead Time
PPAS Presidentially Appointed - Senate Confirmed
PBSC Performance Base Service Contracting
PCMD Procurement and Contracts Management Division
PCO Procuring Contracting Officer (pre-award)
PCR Procurement Center Representative, Small Business
PCSC Personal Computer Site Corrdinator
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
PDF Portable Document Format
PDOA Preliminary Design and Options Analysis Phase (DOTS)
PD2 (PD Squared) Procurement Desktop Defense (aka SPS)
PE Procurement Executive
PEB Performance Evaluation Board
PEBES Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statement
PEC Procurement Executive Council
PERS Performance and Environmental Results System
PGP Pretty Good Privacy
PIIN Procurement Instrument Identification Number
PIN 1) Personal Identification Number
2) Procurement Initiation Notice
PKI Public Key Infrastructure
PKIX Public Key Infrastructure X.509
PL Public Law
PM Program Manager
PMN Pre-Manufacture Notices
PMRS Performance Management & Recognition systems (formerly Merit Pay)
PMSB Program Management Support Branch
PN Part Number
PNM Price Negotiation Memorandum
PO (1) Purchase Order
(2) Project Officer (Contracting Officer Representative)
POC Point of Contact
POI Program Office Interface
POAM Plan of Action and Milestones
POP (1) Period of Performance
(2) Place of Performance
PPA Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13101)
PPD Procurement Planning Document
PPN Procurement Planning Notice
PPPRs Planning Purpose Procurement Requests (PPN 93-04)
PR Procurement Request
PRA Paperwork Reduction Act
PRP Potentially Responsible Parties
PSC Produce Service Code (?)
PSD Program Systems Division
PTOD Policy, Training, and Oversight Division

Q
QA Quality Assurance
QAP Quality Assurance Plan
QAT Quality Action Team
QBL Qualified Bidders List
QC Quality Control
QIC Quality Information Council
QML Qualified Manufacturer List
QPL Qualified Products List

R
RA (1) Remedial Action
(2) Regional Administrator
(3) Registration Authority
RAC Response Action Contract (Superfund)
RAD Responsible Associate Director
RALI Requisition Accounting Line Inquiry
RAS Routine Analytical Services
RCO Regional Contracting Officer
RCRA Resource Conservation Recovery Act of 1976, P.L. 94-580, Oct 31, 1976
RD Remedial Design
R&D Research & Development
RDBMS Relational Database Management System
RDSD Regulation Development and Support Division (68-W3-0030, Task 23)
REQL Requisition Line; includes the FY(2 digits), AH(2 digits), and DCN(6 alpha numeric characters)
REM Remedial Engineering Management Contracts
REPSHIP Report of shipment
RFB Request for Bid
RFC 1) Request for Comments
(2) Regional Finance Center (Treasury)
RFI Request for Information
RFP Request for Proposal
RFQ Request for Quote
RI/FS Remedial Investigation, Feasibility Study
RIT Rapid Implementation Team
RJE Remote Job Entry
RLIMS Relational Laboratory Information Management System
RMA Rocky Mountain Arsenal
RMANs Recovered Materials Advisory Notices
ROD Record of Decision
ROI Return on Investment
RPM Remedial Program Manager
RPIO Responsible Planning Implementation Officer
RPO Regional Project Officer
RRB Ronald Reagan Building
RTP Research Triangle Park

S
SAAC Secretarial Administrative Advisory Council
SADBU Small and Disadvantage Business Utilization
SAP (1) Simplified Acquisition Procedures
(2) Special Application Program
SAR
SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
SAVE Society of American Value Engineers
SBA (1) Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(e)
(2) Small Business Administration
SBSA Small Business Set Aside
SBCDP Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program
SBIR Small Business Innovative Research
SBO Senior Budget Officer
SC Scientific Computing Staff
SCA Service Contract Act
SCP Secondary Communication Processors
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
SDB Small Disadvantage Business
SDC Service Development Center (under MOSES contract)
SEE Senior Environmental Enrollee Program
SEI Software Engineering Institute
SEP Single Entry Point
SF Standard Form
SFFAS Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards
SFO Servicing Finance Office
SGL U.S. Government Standard General Ledger
SIC Standard Industrial Code (replaced by the NAICS)
SIG Special Interest Groups
SIRMO Senior Information Resources Management Official
SLA Service Level Agreements Attainment
SM Site Manager
SMO Sample Management Office (CLP contract)
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SOL Solicitation
SOP Standard Operating Procedures
SOW Statement of Work
SPEDI Small Purchase Electronic Data Interchange
SPS Standard Procurement System (DoD, aka pd2)
SRO Senior Resource Official
SRRPOD Superfund/RCRA Regional Procurement Operations Division
SSA 1) Source Selection Authority
(2) Substantially the same as
SSAC Source Selection Authority Committee
SSEB Source Selection Evaluation Board
SSL Secure Sockets Layer
SSO System Security Officer
SSRB Source Selection Review Board
SW-CMM Software - Capability Maturity Model

U
U/I Unit of Issue
UNICOR trade name for the FPI (Federal Prisons Industries)
URL Uniform Resource Locator
U.S.C. United States Code
UCF Uniform contract format
UPS (1) Uniform Procurement System
(2) Uninterrupted Power Source
UXO Unexploded Ordnance

V
VAB Value Added Backbone Services Administration
VE Value Engineering
VECP Value Engineering Change Proposal
VOC Volatile Organic Compound
VRA Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998
VTC video teleconferencing
VTX VodeoTex

W
W/I Within
W/O Without
WA Work Assignment
WAF Work Assignment Form
WAM Work Assignment Manager
WAN Wide Area Network
WAWF Wide Area Work Flow
WCF Working Capital Fund
WD Wage Determination
WIC Washington Information Center (Waterside Mall)
WIP Work in Process
WNRC Washington National Records Center
WO Work Order
WOB Women Owned Business
WOSB Women Owned Small Business
WP (1) Work Plan
(2) WordPerfect
WTC Washington Telecommunications Center (Help Desk 260-4357/help for RRB 564-4357/help)
WWW World Wide Web
WYSIWYG What you see is what you get

X
XL Excellence
XML Extensible Markup Language

Y
Y2K Year 2000

Z

1. More EPA organization acronyms can be found in the back of the EPA phone book (p. 452).
   
2. This list was taken from a personal acronym listing and is not a comprehensive listing.
   
3. On-Line Computer and Internet Terms can be found at http://webopedia.internet.com/ .
   
4. There is also an EPA website where you can enter an search for an acronym: http://cfint1.rtpnc.epa.gov/ntsdweb/forms/AcronymSearch.cfm Or http://cfint1.rtpnc.epa.gov/ntsdweb/forms/AcronymList.cfm

You may also scroll through the document.

EPA Region 5 has a list at http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/aaad.html

EPA Home | Privacy and Security Notice | Adobe Acrobat Reader | Contact Us