Common Federal Procurement Acronyms
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
CO - Contracting Officer
CONUS - Continental United States
COR - Contracting Officer Representative
COTR - Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative
COTS - Commercial Off-the-Shelf
CPAF - Cost Plus Award Fee
CPFF - Cost Plus Fixed Fee
CPIF - Cost Plus Incentive Fee
CRADA – Co-operative Research & Dev’t Agreement
DFARS - Defense FAR Supplement
DLH - Direct Labor Hour
EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
EDWOSB – Economically Disadv. Women Owned Small Biz
FAR - Federal Acquisition Regulation
FAS - Federal Acquisition Service
FFP - Firm Fixed Price
FOIA - Freedom of Information Act
FOUO – For Official Use Only
GFE - Government Furnished Equipment
GFM - Government Furnished Materials
FFP – Firm Fixed Price
GFP - Government-Furnished Property
GOCO - Government Owned, Contractor Operated
GWAC - Government-wide Acquisition Contract
IDIQ - Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity
IFB - Invitation for Bids
IG - Inspector General
LOE - Level of Effort
LPTA – Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable
MATOC – Multiple Award Task Order Contract
MILSPEC - Military Specification
MOA - Memorandum of Agreement
MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
OCONUS - Outside the Continental US
ODC – Other Direct Costs
OIG – Office of Inspector General
OSDBU – Office of Small & Disadv. Business Utilization
PCO - Procuring Contracting Officer
PEO - Program Executive Officer
PII – Personally Identifiable Information
POAM – Plan of Action and Milestones
RFI - Request for Information
RFP - Request for Proposal
RFQ - Request for Quotation
SAP - Simplified Acquisition Process
SBLO – Small Business Liaison Officer
SBU – Sensitive but Unclassified
SCIF – Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle
SDVOSB – Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business
SIC - Standard Industrial Classification Codes
SIN - Special Item Number
SOW - Statement of Work
SSN - Sources Sought Notice
TS – Top Secret
TS/SCI – Top Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information
T&M - Time and Materials
WOSB – Women Owned Small Business