# 571.103 Definitions.

- As used in this part—

- “Agency Acquisition Innovation Advocates” are the GSA Acquisition Officials nominated by the Senior Procurement Executive and serving on the Office of Management and Budget Acquisition Innovation Council.

- “Commercial solutions opening (CSO)” is a competitive procedure for acquiring innovative commercial items, including products, technologies, and services through a competitive selection of solution briefs resulting from a general solicitation and peer review of such solution briefs.

- “Innovative” —

  1. (1) Means any item that is—

     1. (i) A new technology, process, or method as of the date of submission of a solution brief; or

     2. (ii) A new application or adaptation of an existing technology, process, or method as of the date of submission of a solution brief.

  2. (2) Includes existing items within the production/commercialization phase (i.e. after design or development, and before widespread government or commercial adoption) as well as new adaptations of existing commercial items.

- “Peer Review” means a process where scientific, technological, or other subject matter experts within the U.S. Government evaluate solution briefs submitted against specified selection criteria.

- “Solution Brief” means a solution proposed by an offeror in response to a solicitation issued using the CSO procedure.