Part 5602 - DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND

TERMS

Subpart 5602.1 - DEFINITIONS

5602.190 - ACRONYMS

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.
5602.190 - 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