DOD Common Acronyms

ACO - Administrative Contracting Officer
ARL - Army Research Lab
AFOSR - Air Force Office of Scientific Research

B&P - Bid and Proposal
BAA - Broad Agency Announcement
BAFO - Best and Final Offer

CAO - Contract Administration Office
CBO - Congressional Budget Office
CCDR - Contractor Cost Data Reporting
CCN - Contract Change Notice
CDRL- Contract Data Requirements List
CFE - Contractor Furnished Equipment
CFM - Contractor Financial Management
CFSR - Contract Funds Status Report
CLIN - Contract Line Item Number
CO - Contracting Officer, Change Order
COC - Certificate of Compliance
C/PD - Cost Pricing Data
CR - Cost Reimbursement, Continuing Resolution, Change Request
CWBS - Contract Work Breakdown Structure

DAF - Department of the Air Force
DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (formerly ARPA)
DCAA - Defense Contract Audit Agency
DCAS - Defense Contract Administration Services
DCMA - Defense Contract Management Agency
DFARs - DOD FAR Supplement
DFAS - Defense Finance and Accounting Service
DID - Data Item Description
DISA - Defense Information Systems Agency
DOD - Department of Defense
DOE - Department of Energy
DON - Department of the Navy

EO - Executive Order
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
ESC - Electronic Systems Center (AF)

FAC - Federal Acquisition Circular
FAR - Federal Acquisition Regulation
FFRDC - Federally Funded R&D Center
FY - Fiscal Year

G&A - General and Administrative
GAO - General Accounting Office
GFE - Government Furnished Equipment
GFM - Government Furnished Material
GFP - Government Furnished Property
GFS - Government Furnished Software
GPPC - Government Property in Possession of Contractors
GSA - General Services Administration

IR&D - Independent Research and Development

J&A - Justification and Approval
JIT - Just in Time

K - Contract
KR - Contractor

LOE - Level of Effort
LOI - Letter of Intent

MDAP - Major Defense Acquisition Program
MILSPEC - Military Specification
MILSTD - Military Standard
MIPR - Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request
MOA - Memorandum of Agreement
MOD - Modification
MS or M/S - Milestone
MYP - Multi Year Procurement

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAVAIR - Naval Air Systems Command
NAVSEA - Naval Sea Systems Command
NDI - Non Developmental Item
NWSC - Naval Weapons Support Center
OB - Operating Budget
OMB - Office of Management and Budget
ONR - Office of Naval Research

PCO - Procuring Contracting Officer
PL - Public Law
PM - Program Manager
PMO - Program Management Office
POC - Point of Contact

QA - Quality Assurance
QBL - Qualified Bidders List
QC - Quality Control

R&D - Research and Development
RDA - Research, Development and Acquisition
RDT&E - Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
RFB - Request for Bid

SBIR - Small Business Innovation Research
SDB - Small Disadvantage Business
SETA - Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance
SOW - Statement of Work
SPAWAR - Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
SPO - System Program/Project Office (AF)
SSP - Source Selection Plan
STE - Special Test Equipment

TD - Technical Director
TE - Test Equipment
TINA - Truth and Negotiation Act
TQM - Total Quality Management

USAF - United States Air Force
USMC - United State Marine Corps
USN - United States Navy

V&V - Verification and Validation
VC - Variable Cost
VE - Value Engineering
VLSI - Very Large Scale Integration

WBS - Work Breakdown Structure

Y2K - Year 2000

DoD Web Sites with additional acronyms:

http://www.dau.mil/pubs/glossary/preface.asp
http://www.dau.mil/pubs/glossary/glossary.pdf

Last updated 7/11/03