SOFARS PART 5602 - DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS
SUBPART 5602.1 DEFINITIONS
SUBPART 5602.1- 90 ACRONYMS
SOFARS PART 5602
DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS
(Revised November 2018)
Bridge Action – A non-competitive action (contract/order/mod) awarded to bridge the time between the end of one action and the beginning of a competitively awarded follow-on action.
Chief, Contracting Office – The person with direct responsibility for the overall operations, administration, and performance of the contracting office. Performs all actions specified within FAR and DFARS as a "level above the Contracting Officer," and/or as delegated by the Headquarters (HQ), USSOCOM, Director of Procurement, Competition Advocate General, or USSOCOM Director, Office of Small Business Programs.
Contracting Division – Contracting activities that are organizationally aligned within HQ USSOCOM.
Contracting Office – A contracting activity that receives its contracting authority from the Commander, Special Operations Command through the HQ, USSOCOM, Director of Procurement, synonymous with “procuring activity.”
Contracting Officer's Representative – Person delegated to act on behalf of the contracting officer on a specific contract or multiple contracts, in a limited capacity and with specific authority as stated in the Letter of Delegation.
Field Contracting Offices – Contracting activities that are organizationally aligned within USSOCOM Service or Theater Special Operations Components.
Office Chief – The term “Office Chief” is issued in this policy to refer to both Chiefs of Field Contracting Offices and HQ Contracting Division Chiefs.
Ordering Officer – An appointed official with limited authority to purchase and obligate the government.
Primary Contracting Officer’s Representative – A USSOCOM unique term. Person designated and authorized by the contracting officer to perform specific technical or administrative functions on behalf of the contracting officer on a specific contract.
Requiring Activity Official – The point of contact from the requiring activity delegated responsibility for decisions regarding a acquisition or procurement.
Technical Representative – A USSOCOM unique term that refers to a person appointed by the COR to perform specific technical or administrative functions to assist the COR.
(Revised June 2017)
AAC |
Agency Advocate for Competition |
ACO |
Administrative Contracting Officer |
ACOR |
Alternate Contracting Officer's Representative |
AE |
Acquisition Executive |
AFEB |
Award Fee Evaluation Board |
AP |
Acquisition Plan |
APS |
Acquisition Planning Sheet |
APM |
Assistant Program Manager |
AOR |
Area of Operational Responsibility |
BCM |
Business Clearance Memorandum |
CAAS |
Contract for Advisory and Assistance Services |
CAO |
Contract Administration Office |
CAR |
Contract Action Report |
CCP |
Contracting Office Competition Plan |
CCR |
Contracting Office Competition Report |
CDRL |
Contract Data Requirements List |
CICA |
Competition In Contracting Act |
CID |
Commercial Item Description |
COC |
Certificate of Compliance |
COR |
Contracting Officer's Representative |
CRD |
Competitive Range Determination |
CSRD |
Communication-Computer System Requirements Document |
D&F |
Determination and Findings |
DCAA |
Defense Contracting Audit Agency |
DCADS |
Defense Contract Action Data System |
DCG |
Desktop Contract Guide |
DCMA |
Defense Contract Management Agency |
DDA |
Deputy Director for Acquisition |
DDoP |
Deputy Directory of Procurement |
DID |
Data Item Description |
DODI |
Department of Defense Instruction |
DoDISS |
Department of Defense Index of Specifications and Standards |
DOP/DoP |
Directorate of Procurement/Director of Procurement |
DTIC |
Defense Technical Information Center |
EC |
Electronic Commerce |
ECITS |
Electronic Contracting Information Transfer System |
EDA |
Electronic Document Access |
EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
FCCM |
Facilities Capital Cost of Money |
FCO |
Field Contracting Offices |
FDO |
Fee Determining Official |
FIP |
Federal Information Processing |
FPDS-NG |
Federal Procurement Data System – Next Generation |
FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
FPRA |
Forward Pricing Rate Agreement |
G&A |
General and Administrative (Expenses or Rate) |
GAO |
General Accountability Office |
GPO |
Government Printing Office |
GSA |
General Services Administration |
HCA |
Head of Contracting Activity |
HCD |
HQ Contracting Division |
HOA |
Head of Agency |
IBOP |
Interactive Business Opportunity Page |
IFB |
Invitation for Bid |
IG |
Inspector General |
IGCE |
Independent Government Cost Estimate |
J&A |
Justification and Approval |
JRD |
Justification Review Document |
KO/CO |
Contracting Officer |
LNO |
Liaison Officer |
LSA |
Labor Surplus Area |
MAR |
Mid-Atlantic Region |
MDA |
Milestone Decision Authority |
MDAE |
Military Deputy to Acquisition Executive |
MIPR |
Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request |
NDI |
Non-Developmental Item |
OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
OSBP |
Office of Small Business Programs |
OSD |
Office of the Secretary of Defense |
PAAC |
Procuring Activity Advocate for Competition |
PAS |
Pre-Award Surveys |
PD2 |
Procurement Defense Desktop |
RAO |
Requiring Activity Official |
SAMP |
Single Acquisition Management Plan |
SAE/SPE |
Service Acquisition Executive/Senior Procurement Executive |
SES |
Senior Executive Service |
SOAE |
Special Operations Acquisition Executive |
SOAG |
Special Operations Competition Advocate General Office |
SOF AT&L |
Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics |
SOJA |
Special Operations Judge Advocate's Office |
SOJA-AQ |
Special Operations Judge Advocate's Office, Acquisition Law |
SOF AT&L-K |
SOF AT&L Directorate of Procurement |
SOF AT&L-KM |
SOF AT&L Mission Support Division |
SOF AT&L-KX |
SOF AT&L Operations Support Division |
SOWO |
Special Operations Washington Office |
SPE |
Senior Procurement Executive |
SPS |
Standard Procurement System |
SSEB |
Source Selection Evaluation Board |
TILO |
Technical Industrial Liaison Office |
UCA |
Undefinitized Contracting Action |
U.S.C. |
United States Code |
USP |
Un-Solicited Proposals |
HQ, United States Special Operations Command
Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L)
SOFARS 5602
February 2007