SOFARS PART 5602 DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND TERMS

SUBPART 5602.1 – DEFINITIONS

(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.

SUBPART 5602.1-90 – ACRONYMS

(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