Can you Define Federal Contracting Acronyms

ACO

Administrative Contracting Officer

ACQ

Acquisition

AI

Action Item

ARNET

Acquisition Reform Network

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

BAA

Broad Agency Announcement

BAFO

Best and Final Offer

BOE

Basis of Estimate

BPA

Blanket Purchase Agreement

C/SSR

Cost/Schedule Status Reports

CCB

Change Control Board

CDRL

Contract Data Requirements List

CET

Cost Evaluation Team

CFR

Code of Federal Regulation

CLIN

Contract Line Item Number

CMM

Capability Maturity Model

CMP

Configuration Management Plan

CO

Contracting Officer

COMMITS

Commerce Information Technology Solutions

COTR

Contracting Officer's Technical Representative

COTS

Commercial-Off-The-Shelf

CPAF

Cost-Plus-Award-Fee

CPI

Cost Performance Index

CSSR

Cost Schedule Status Report

CSTARS

Commerce Standard Acquisition and Reporting System

CSvD

Computer Services Division

DSCMO

Decennial Systems and Contracts Management Office

EDS

Electronic Data Systems (Subcontractor)

EEO

Equal Employment Opportunity Office

EI

Executive Instructions

FACNET

Federal Acquisition Computer Network

FAR

Federal Acquisition Regulation

FedBizOpps

Federal Business Opportunities

FIN

Finance Division

FIPS

Federal Information Processing Standards

FOIA

Freedom of Information Act

FSS

Federal Supply Schedules

FAS

Federal Acquisition Service

GFE

Government Furnished Equipment

GFP

Government Furnished Property

IFB

Invitation for Bid

IP

Internet Protocol

IT

Information Technology

LOE

Level of Effort

NAICS

North American Industry Classification System

NTE

Not to Exceed

OFPP

Office of Federal Procurement Policy

PCO

Principal Contracting Officer

PE

Software Product Engineering

PF

Organization Process focus

PIO

Public Information Office

PMP

Performance Measurement Plan

PMP

Program Management Plan

PMR

Program Management Review

PMR

Program Monthly Review

POL

Policy Office

PPE

Past Performance Evaluation

QCP

Quality Control Plan

QM

Software Quality Management

QP

Quantitative Process Management

RFP

Request for Proposal

RFQ

Request for Quotation

SAP

Simplified Acquisition Procedures

SAT

System Acceptance Test

SBA

Small Business Administration

SEB

Source Evaluation Board

SMBE/WOSB

Small Minority-Owned business Enterprises/Women-Owned Small Business

SOW

Statement of Work

TM

Task Manager

USPS

U.S. Postal Service

VAC

Variance at Completion

VCRM

Verification Compliance Requirements Matrix

WBS

Work Breakdown Structure

WMS

Workflow Management System