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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
