DoD Acronym List

A

AAC Acquisition Advice Code

AA&E Arms, Ammo and Explosives

ABI Automated Bid-set Interface

ABVS Automated Best Value System

ACO Administrative Contracting Office

ADO/ADC After Date of Order/After Date of Contract

ADR Alternate Dispute Resolution

AFB Air Force Base

ALRE Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment

ALT Administrative Lead Time

AMC Acquisition Method Code AMSC Acquisition Method Suffix Code

AoA Add-on Armor

ASN Advance Shipping Notice

AT Antiterrorism

AWD DT Award Date

B

BOA Basic Ordering Agreement

BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement

BRAC Base Realignment and Closure

BSM Business Systems Modernization

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C

CAD Computer Aided Design

CAGE Contractor and Government Entity

CAS Contract Administrative Services

CCR Central Contractor Registration

CDC Critical Designator Code

CDD Contract Delivery Date

CDRL Contract Data Requirements List

CECOM Communications and Electronics Command

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CIT Consumable Item Transfer

CLIN Contract Line Item Number

CLS Contractor Logistics Support

COB Close of Business

COC Certificate of Conformance

CONUS Within Continental U.S.

COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf

CPARS Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System

CPH Contractor Performance History

CSI Critical Safety Item

CTDF Contract Technical Data Field

D

DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency

DCIS Defense Criminal Investigative Service

DCMA Defense Contract Management Agency

DCMD Defense Contract Management District

DCMAO Defense Contract Management Area Operations

DDC Defense Distribution Center

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DEMIL Demilitarization

DESC Defense Energy Supply Center

DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

DFAS Defense Financial & Accounting Service

DIBBS DLA BSM Internet Bid Board System and DSCC Internet Bid Board System

DLA Defense Logistics Agency

DLAD Defense Logistics Acquisition Directive

DLAH Defense Logistics Agency Handbook

DLAM Defense Logistics Agency Manual

DLAR Defense Logistics Acquisition Regulation

DLIS Defense Logistics Information Service

DLVY Delivery

DMSMS Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Materiel Shortages

DNSC Defense National Stockpile Center

DoD Department Of Defense

DoDAAC Department Of Defense Activity Address Code

DoDD Department of Defense Directive

DoD IG Department of Defense Inspector General

DoD-STD Department of Defense Standard

DoDi Department Of Defense Instruction

DPACS DLA Pre-Award Contracting System

DPAS Defense Priorities and Allocation System

DRMO Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office

DRMS Defense Reutilization & Marketing Service

DSC Defense Supply Center

DSCC Defense Supply Center, Columbus

DSCP Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia

DSCR Defense Supply Center, Richmond

DUNS # Dun and Bradstreet Number

DVD Direct Vendor Delivery

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E

EA Each

EC Electronic Commerce

EDI Electronic Data Interchange

EEO Equal Employment Opportunity

EMALL Electronic Mall

EPPI Electronic Procurement Program Interface

ERP Enterprise Resource Planning

ESA Engineering Support Activity ESOC Emergency Supply Operations Center

F

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation

FASI Fleet Automotive Support Initiative

FAT First Article Testing

FedBizOpps Federal Business Opportunities

FEDLOG FEDeral LOGistics Catalog

FISC Fleet and Industrial Support Center

FLIS Federal Logistics Information System

FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act

FMP Fair Market Price

FMS Foreign Military Sales

FMTV Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles

FOB Freight on Board

FOIA Freedom of Information Act

FORSCOM Forces Command

FP Force Protection

FSC Federal Supply Classification

FSG Federal Supply Group

FSS Federal Supply Schedule

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FY Fiscal Year

G

GAO Government Accounting Office

GBL Government Bill of Lading

GFE Government Furnished Equipment

GFM Government Furnished Material

GOCO Government-Owned Contractor Operated

GOTS Government-Off-The-Shelf

GSA General Services Administration

GSI Government Source Inspection

GWOT Global War on Terrorism

H

HAZMAT Hazardous Material

HBCU/MI Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions

HEMTT Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck

HET Heavy Equipment Transporter

HMIRS Hazardous Material Information Resource System

HMMWV High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle

HUBZone Historically Underutilized Business Zone

I

I & S Interchangeability and Substitutability

IAW In Accordance With

ICP Inventory Control Point

IDC Indefinite Delivery Contracts

IDPO Indefinite Delivery Purchase Order

IDTC Indefinite Delivery Type Contract

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IFB Invitation for Bid

ILO In lieu of

IM Item Manager

IRPOD Individual Repair Parts Ordering Data

IST Integrated Supplier Team

IT Information Technology

J

JCP Joint U.S./Canadian Certification Program

JEDMICS Joint Engineering Data Management Information and Control System

JTAV Joint Total Asset Visibility

JWOD Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act Program

K

L LPO Local Processing Office

LRT Logistics Response Time

LTC Long Term Contracts

M

MAUC Materiel Acquisition Unit Cost

MCRL Master Cross-Reference List

MEP Manufacturing Extension Partnership

MIL Military

MILCON Military Construction

MIL-SPEC Military Specification

MILSTD Military Standards

MILSTRIP Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures

MIPR Military Inter-departmental Purchase Request

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MOA Memorandum of Agreement

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MP Mentor-Protégé Program

MRO Material Release Order

MRP Material Release Program

MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet

MSL Military Shipping Label

N

NAICS North American Industry Classification System

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NAVICP Naval Inventory Control Point

NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command

NAVSUP Naval Supply Systems Command

NIB National Industries for the Blind

NIIN National Item Identification Number

NISH National Industries for the Severely Handicapped

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

NRP Nuclear Reactor Program

NSN National Stock Number

O

OCONUS Outside the Continental United States

ODM On Demand Manufacturing

OEF Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

OIF Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

OMB Office of Management & Budget

OPM Office of Personnel Management (DoD)

OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense

OSADBU Office of Small And Disadvantaged Business Utilization

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P

P/N Part Number

PACE Procurement Automated Contract Evaluation

PALT Procurement Administrative Lead Time

PAS Pre-Award Survey

PBL Performance Based Logistics

PCO Procuring Contracting Officer

PDF Portable Document Format

PIC Place of Inspection Code

PID Procurement Identification Description (replaced by AID)

PIIN Procurement Instrument Identification Number

PKI Public Key Encryption

PL Public Law

PLS Palletized Load System

PLT Production Lead Time

PM Program Manager

PMIC Precious Metals Indicator Code

PO Purchase Order

POC Point Of Contact POD Port of Debarkation

POE Prot of Embarkation POPS Paperless Ordering Placement System

PPI Producer Price Index

PQDR Product Quality Deficiency Report

PR Purchase Request

PROGATE Procurement Gateway

PTAC Procurement Technical Assistance Center

PTDF Procurement Technical Data File

PVP Prime Vendor Program

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Q

QA Quality Assurance

QALI Quality Assurance letter of Instruction

QAP Quality Assurance Provision

QAR Quality Assurance Representative

QC Quality Control

QCC Quality Control Codes

QDR Quality Deficiency Report

QFD Quarterly Forecast of Demand

QPL Qualified Products List

QTY Quantity

R

RDD Required Delivery Date

RECAP Re-capitalization

REF Reference

RFID Radio Frequency Identification

RFP Request for Proposal

RFQ Request for Quotation

RIC Routing Identifier Code

ROWPU Reverse Osmosis Water Purification

RMA Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability

S SAMMS Standard Automated Material Management System

SAP Simplified Acquisition Procedures SADBU Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

SAT Simplified Acquisition Threshold

SB Small Business

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SBA Small Business Administration

SBC Small Business Concern

SBDC Small Business Development Center

SBIR Small Business Innovation Research

SBLO Small Business Liaison Officer

SBTR Small Business Technology Transfer

SDB Small Disadvantaged Business

SDVOSB Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business

SIC Standard Industrial Classification

SLC Shelf-Life Code

SMS Strategic Materials Sourcing SOH Stock on Hand

SOS Source of Supply

SOW Statement of Work

SPEDE Small Purchase Electronic Data Exchange2

SPI Single Process Initiative

SSA Strategic Supplier Alliances STD Standard

T

TACOM U.S. Army Tank-automotive & Armaments Command

TAV Total Asset Visibility

TCMD Transportation Control & Movement Document/Data

TCN Transportation Control Number

TDD Time Definite Delivery

TDR Transportation Discrepancy Report

TDP Technical Data Package

TIC Termination Indicator Codes

TIIF Technical Information Index File

TIN Taxpayer Identification Number

TKO Training, Knowledge and Opportunities

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TST Tailored Support Team

U

U/I Unit of Issue

UID Unique Identification

UMIPS Uniform Materiel Issue Priority System

UPS Unauthorized Product Substitution United Parcel Service

USDAT&L Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

V

VAN Value Added Network

VE Value Engineering

VTC Video Teleconference

W

WAWF Wide Area Work Flow

WOSB Woman Owned Small Business

WPOD Water Port of Debarkation

WPOE Water Port of Embarkation

WSDC Weapon System Designator Code

WSIC Weapon System Indicator Code

WSSM Weapon System Support Manager

WWW World Wide Web

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X

Y

Z

Z Zulu (time)

ZULU Time at 0 degrees longitude [Universal Time]