Glossary

Administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), helps small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals gain access to federal contracting opportunities.

Required to support planning, design, construction, and maintenance of facilities.

Determines the level of review, decision authority, and applicable procedures for an acquisition program.

A contracting officer responsible for the administrative aspects of a contract, including modifications and management.

A multiple-award IDIQ contract that provides federal agencies with customized IT services and IT services-based solutions from small businesses.

Or interconnected system or subsystems of equipment that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information.

Facilitating cooperative purchasing for schools.

The Department of Homeland Security to screen individuals entering and exiting the United States.

Computer hardware, software, firmware, or any combination of these, configured to accomplish specific information handling operations, such as communication, processing, data conversion, or data acquisition.

Of the United States Air Force responsible for air mobility operations.

A document that establishes the baseline for cost, schedule, and performance objectives for a specific acquisition program.

A professional association for proposal managers and professionals.

A report that summarizes the performance of a contractor or program over the previous year.

A program that ensures the quality of products and services acquired by the government through various quality assurance activities.

A tool used by the United States Army to manage and track requirements and resources.

A meeting held to review and approve the acquisition strategy for a specific procurement.

A formal declaration by a designated approving authority that authorizes operation of a business product and explicitly accepts the risk to agency operations.

A family of IDIQ contracts for IT products, services, and solutions.

A multiple-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle that provides flexible access to customized IT solutions from a large, diverse pool of industry partners.

A family of IDIQ contracts for IT services and solutions.

A general announcement of an agency’s research interest.

The last proposal revision opportunity provided to offerors.

The earned value of the work actually performed in a given time period.

The budgeted cost for the work scheduled to be performed in a given time period.