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This is the official acronym for the Federal Acquisition ReguLation.
What is FAR?
This is a formal document that describes the work to be performed, deliverables, and timelines, responsibilities, and performance criteria between a client and a service provider or contractor,
What is a SOW (Statement of Work)?
This type of modification is signed only by the Contracting Officer and is used for administrative changes or unilateral options.
What is a Unilateral Modification
Under DAFFARS RFO, if a contract document is already maintained in PIEE, EDA, or FPDS, it is the official system of record, and the CO is not required to do this in KTFS
What is duplicate the document? (Accept: Upload/file it again)
Can't we just award it to my buddy's company? He said he can do it really cheap and he 's super nice
What is the CICA Violation or Lack of Competition?
To win a point in Jeopardy, your response to the host's prompt must always begin in this grammatical format.
What is a question?
If a contract is sole sourced above the SAT, the Contracting Officer must draft and sign this document to justify the lack of compeition.
What is J&A (Justification and Approval)?
This type of modification requires the signature of both the Contracting Officer and the Contractor to reflect a mutual agreement.
What is a Bilateral Modification? (Supplemental Agreement also accepted)
This DoD-wide portal serves as the single sign-on (SSO) gateway for multiple procurement tools, including Clause Logic Service (CLS) and Electronic Document Access (EDA)
What is PIEE? (Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment)
I know I didn't submit the paperwork until today, but the money expires at midnight, so you have to award it right now!
What is September 30th (End of Year)
In contracting offices "CO" stands for Contracting Officer, but "COR" stands for this.
what is a Contracting Officer's Representative?
This is the government's estimate of the projected cost of a project, used to evaluate the realism of contractor bids
What is IGCE (Independent Government Cost Estimate)?
This standard form (SF) is used to issue amendments of solicitations and modifications of contractracts
What is SF 30?
Drafted and generated in CON IT, the finalized contract modification is transmitted directly to this PIEE module, which services as the official DOW-Wide respositiory for award documents.
What is EDA? (Electronic Document Access)
I didn't have time to write a new Performance Work Statement, can't we just copy and paste the one from 2014?
What is Outdated Market Research?
This is the specific day of the week that the Air Force's current calendar year says today is.
What is Thursday?
This term refers to a contractor's formal request to the government for more money or time, which has not yet escalated to a legal "claim."
What is REA (Request for Equitable Adjustment)?
Under FAR 43, this is the specific type of modification used to make non-substantive corrections, such as fixing a typo in a Zip code or changing a payment office.
What is Administrative Modification?
Before contracting officer can officially sign and release a new contract or a modification, CON IT runs this automated, built in check to prevent system errors and ensure the format matches DoW - wide standards.
What is PDS (Procurement Data Standard) Validation?
I already told the contractor to go ahead and start painting the building, so can you just write up the mod so they get paid?
What is an Unauthorized Commitment?
This is the colorful term used to describe the absolute chaos of contract awards during the final weeks of September.
What is End of Fiscal Year or September Madness?
This dynamic list is used to determine if a prospective contractor has been debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment.
What is SAM.gov (System for Award Management)?
This is a specific date a bilateral modification becomes active, which is the date agreed upon by the contracting parties.
What is the effective date
This oracle-based system is the primary accounting Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform utilized by the Air Force to track and manage budget obligations
What is DEAMS
What do you mean you need 30 days to process this? I buy stuff on Amazon in five minutes!
What is Procurement Administrative Lead Time (PALT)?