Abacus Contract Management Definitions"Data" means recorded information, regardless of form or the media on which it may be recorded. The term includes technical data and computer software. The term does not include information incidental to contract administration, such as financial, administrative, cost or pricing or management information. "Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number" means the 9-digit number assigned by Dun and Bradstreet Information Services to identify unique business entities. "Data Universal Numbering
System +4 (DUNS+4) number" means the DUNS number assigned by Dun and Bradstreet plus a 4-digit suffix that may be assigned by a parent (controlling) business concern. This 4-digit suffix may be assigned at the discretion of the parent business concern for such purposes as identifying subunits or affiliates of the parent business concern. "Date of conviction" means the date judgment was entered against the individual. "Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-7)" provides that contracts in excess of $2,000 to which the United States or the District of Columbia is a party for construction, alteration, or repair (including painting and decorating) of public buildings or public works within the United States, shall contain a clause (see 52.222-6) that no laborer or mechanic employed directly upon the site of the work shall receive less than the prevailing wage rates as determined by the Secretary of Labor. "Day" means, unless otherwise specified, a calendar day. "Day," as used in this subpart, has the meaning set forth at 33.101. "Day" means calendar day, including weekends and holidays, unless otherwise indicated. (However, see 32.903(e)(3) concerning payments due on Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.) "Day" means a calendar day, unless otherwise specified. In the computation of any period-- "DBPIB." See "Defense Business Practice Implementation Board." "Debarment" means action taken by a debarring official under 9.406 to exclude a contractor from Government contracting and Government-approved subcontracting for a reasonable, specified period; a contractor that is excluded is "debarred." "Debarment and Suspension Procedures" are available at DFARS Appendix H. "Debarring and suspending official." For DoD, the designees are- "Debarring official" means-- "Decision to award a subcontract or modification of subcontract" means a decision to designate award to a particular source. "Defect," as used in this subpart, means any condition or characteristic in any supply or service furnished by the contractor under the contract that is not in compliance with the requirements of the contract. "Defective certification" means a certificate which alters or otherwise deviates from the language in 33.207(c) or which is not executed by a person duly authorized to bind the contractor with respect to the claim. Failure to certify shall not be deemed to be a defective certification. "Defense agencies." See "Departments and agencies." "Defense Business Practice Implementation Board (DBPIB) will make recommendations to the Secretary's Executive Council (SEC) on effective strategies to adopt best business practices of interest to the Department of Defense. The Panel will consist of approximately 20 members selected on the basis of their preeminence in the fields of management, production, logistics, personnel leadership, and the defense industrial base. Consultants with special expertise also may be designated to assist the Board on and ad hoc basis. "Defense equipment" means any equipment, item of supply, component, or end product purchased by the DoD. "Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia (DSCP)" means the Defense Logistics Agency field activity located at 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5096, which is the assigned commodity integrated material manager for refined precious metals and is responsible for the storage and issue of such material. "Deferred compensation" means an award made by an employer to compensate an employee in a future cost accounting period or periods for services rendered in one or more cost accounting periods before the date of the receipt of compensation by the employee. This definition shall not include the amount of year end accruals for salaries, wages, or bonuses that are to be paid within a reasonable period of time after the end of a cost accounting period. "Deficiency" is a material failure of a proposal to meet a Government requirement or a combination of significant weaknesses in a proposal that increases the risk of unsuccessful contract performance to an unacceptable level. "Defined-benefit pension plan" means a pension plan in which the benefits to be paid, or the basis for determining such benefits, are established in advance and the contributions are intended to provide the stated benefits. "Defined-contribution pension plan" means a pension plan in which the contributions to be made are established in advance and the benefits are determined thereby. "Definite-quantity contract" provides for delivery of a definite quantity of specific supplies or services for a fixed period, with deliveries or performance to be scheduled at designated locations upon order. "Definite term contract" means a contract for utility services for a definite period of not less than one nor more than ten years. "Definitization" means the agreement on, or determination of, contract terms, specifications, and price, which converts the undefinitized contract action to a definitive contract. "Definitized item," as used in this subpart, means an item for which a firm price has been established in the basic contract or by modification. "Delay", as used in this part with respect to contractors, claims or requests for equitable adjustments, means the time-oriented cost effects or length of a suspension in scheduled contract work or a period of time-oriented cost effects or length of a suspension in scheduled contract work or a period of time a contractor is required to perform beyond the contract delivery or completion date, allegedly due to contractually remediable Government actions or inactions. Delay can be expressed in terms of time or cost or some combination of time and cost. "Delegate Agency" means an agency of the U.S. Government authorized by delegation from DOC to place priority ratings on contracts that support authorized programs. Schedule I of the DPAS lists the Delegate Agencies. "Delegated agency" means an agency that has received a written delegation of authority from GSA to contract for utility services for periods not exceeding ten years (see 41.103(b)). "Delivery order" means an order for supplies placed against an established contract or with Government sources. "Delivery order contract" means a contract for supplies that does not procure or specify a firm quantity of supplies (other than a minimum or maximum quantity) and that provides for the issuance of orders for the delivery of supplies during the period of the contract. "Delivery payment" means a payment for accepted supplies or services, including payments for accepted partial deliveries. Commercial financing payments are liquidated by deduction from these payments. Delivery payments are invoice payments for prompt payment purposes. "Delivery payment" (see 32.001). "Demilitarization" means the act of destroying the offensive or defensive characteristics of equipment or material to prevent its further military or lethal use. "Department of Defense (DoD)" as used in DFARS, means the Department of Defense, the military departments, and the defense agencies. "Department of Defense (DoD)" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and defense agencies. "Departmental data collection points" means- "Departments and agencies," as used in DFARS, means the military departments and the defense agencies. The military departments are the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (the Marine Corps is a part of the Department of the Navy). The defense agencies are the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency, the Defense
Commissary Agency, the Defense
Contract Management Agency, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, the Defense Information Systems Agency, the
Defense Intelligence Agency, the
Defense Security Service, the Defense Logistics Agency, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the National Security Agency, the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, and the United States Special Operations Command. "Depreciation" is a charge to current operations which distributes the cost of a tangible capital asset, less estimated residual value, over the estimated useful life of the asset in a systematic and logical manner. It does not involve a process of valuation. Useful life refers to the prospective period of economic usefulness in a particular contractor's operations as distinguished from physical life; it is evidenced by the actual or estimated retirement and replacement practice of the contractor. "Deputy/Assistant Commander for Contracts" means the Deputy or Assistant Commander for Contracts or the equivalent at a Systems Command, the Headquarters, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; Marine Corps Systems Command; Deputy Chief of Staff (Installation and Logistics) Headquarters Marine Corps; Office of Naval Research; Military Sealift Command; and Strategic Systems Programs. It also includes the principal deputy for these officials. "Deputy Assistant Secretary," as used in this clause, means the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Federal Contract
Compliance, U.S. Department of Labor, or a designee FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction
(Feb 1999) as prescribed in FAR 22.810(f); and "Deputy Dispute Resolution
Specialist" is responsible for day-to-day coordinating the use of ADR within an activity. "Descriptive literature" means information, such as cuts, illustrations, drawings, and brochures, which shows the characteristics or construction of a product or explains its operation. It is furnished by bidders as a part of their bids to describe the products offered. The term includes only information required to determine acceptability of the product. It excludes other information such as that furnished in connection with the qualifications of a bidder or for use in operating or maintaining equipment. "Design" means defining the construction requirement (including the functional relationships and technical systems to be used, such as architectural, environmental, structural, electrical, mechanical, and fire protection), producing the technical specifications and drawings, and preparing the construction cost estimate. "Design-bid-build" means the traditional delivery method where design and construction are sequential and contracted for separately with two contracts and two contractors. "Design-build" means combining design and construction in a single contract with one contractor. "Design-to-cost" means a concept that establishes cost elements as management goals to achieve the best balance between life-cycle cost, acceptable performance, and schedule. Under this concept, cost is a design constraint during the design and development phases and a management discipline throughout the acquisition and operation of the system or equipment. "Designated agency," as used in this subpart, means any department or agency of the executive branch of the United States
Government (see 32.803(d)). "Designated billing office" means the office or person (governmental or nongovernmental) designated in the contract where the contractor first submits invoices and contract financing requests. This might be the Government disbursing office, contract administration office, office accepting the supplies delivered or services performed by the contractor, contract audit office, or a nongovernmental agent. In some cases, different offices might be designated to receive invoices and contract financing requests. "Designated billing office" means the office or person (governmental or nongovernmental) designated in the contract where the contractor first submits invoices and contract financing requests. The contract might designate different offices to receive invoices and contract financing requests. The designated billing office might be-- "Designated country" means any of the following countries: "Designated country end product" means an article that- "Designated country end product" means an article that-- "Designated payment office" means the place designated in the contract to make invoice payments or contract financing payments. Normally, this will be the Government disbursing office. "Designated payment office" means the office designated in the contract to make invoice payments or contract financing payments. Normally, this will be the Government disbursing office. "Detailed manufacturing or process data" means technical data that describe the steps, sequences, and conditions of manufacturing, processing or assembly used by the manufacturer to produce an item or component or to perform a process. "Detention." See "Period of Detention." "Determination and Findings" means a special form of written approval by an authorized official that is required by statute or regulation as a prerequisite to taking certain contracting actions. The "determination" is a conclusion or decision supported by the "findings.'' The findings are statements of fact or rationale essential to support the determination and must cover each requirement of the statute or regulation. "Developed" means that an item, component, or process exists and is workable. Thus, the item or component must have been constructed or the process practiced. Workability is generally established when the item, component, or process has been analyzed or tested sufficiently to demonstrate to reasonable people skilled in the applicable art that there is a high probability that it will operate as intended. Whether, how much, and what type of analysis or testing is required to establish workability depends on the nature of the item, component, or process, and the state of the art. To be considered "developed," the item, component, or process need not be at the stage where it could be offered for sale or sold on the commercial market, nor must the item, component, or process be actually reduced to practice within the meaning of Title 35 of the United States Code. "Developed" means that- "Developed" means- "Developed exclusively at
private expense" means development was accomplished entirely with costs charged to indirect cost pools, costs not allocated to a government contract, or any combination thereof. "Developed exclusively with government funds" means development was not accomplished exclusively or partially at private expense. "Developed with mixed funding" means development was accomplished partially with costs charged to indirect cost pools and/or costs not allocated to a government contract, and partially with costs charged directly to a government contract. "Development" means the systematic use, under whatever name, of scientific and technical knowledge in the design, development, test, or evaluation of a potential new product or service (or of an improvement in an existing product or service) for the purpose of meeting specific performance requirements or objectives. Development includes the functions of design engineering, prototyping, and engineering testing. Development excludes-- "Development," as used in this part, means the systematic use of scientific and technical knowledge in the design, development, testing, or evaluation of a potential new product or service (or of an improvement in an existing product or service) to meet specific performance requirements or objectives. It includes the functions of design engineering, prototyping, and engineering testing; it excludes subcontracted technical effort that is for the sole purpose of developing an additional source for an existing product. "Deviation" means any one or combination of the following: "Digital Signature." Digital data that authenticates the identity of the approving authority or sending agent by the use of a computationally unique string of numbers that enables the detection of unauthorized modifications to the contents of a signed data file. "Direct Contractor," as used in this clause, means an individual, company, or entity with whom an agency of the United States Department of Defense has executed a written agreement that allows duty-free import of equipment, materials, and supplies into Spain for the construction, development, maintenance, and operation of Spanish-American installations and facilities. "Direct cost" is any cost that can be identified specifically with a particular final cost objective. "Direct selling efforts" are those acts or actions to induce particular customers to purchase particular products or services of the contractor. Direct selling is characterized by person-to-person contact and includes such activities as familiarizing a potential customer with the contractor's products or services, conditions of sale, service capabilities, etc. It also includes negotiation, liaison between customer and contractor personnel, technical and consulting activities, individual demonstrations, and any other activities having as their purpose the application or adaptation of the contractor's products or services for a particular customer's use. The cost of direct selling efforts is allowable if reasonable in amount. "Director, SADBU" means the Director, Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Office of the Under Secretary of the Navy. "Directly associated cost" means any cost which is generated solely as a result of the incurrence of another cost, and which would not have been incurred had the other cost not been incurred. "Directly engaged" is defined to include all direct cost employees and any other contract employee who has other than a minimal impact or involvement in contract performance. "Disability" means a condition of an individual that
is considered to be a disability or handicap for the purposes of any Federal law other than this chapter or for the purposes of the law of the State in which the individual resides. "Disbursing officers" are those officials designated to make payments under a contract or to receive payments of amounts due under a contract. At installations where integrated accounting is in effect, the finance and accounting officer is a disbursing officer. The disbursing officer is responsible for determining the amount and collecting contract debts whenever overpayments or erroneous payments have been made. The disbursing officer also has primary responsibility when the amounts due and dates for payment are contained in the contract, and a copy of the contract has been furnished to the disbursing officer with notice to collect as amounts become due. "Discount for prompt payment" means an invoice payment reduction voluntarily offered by the contractor, in conjunction with the clause at 52.232-8, Discounts for Prompt
Payment, if payment is made by the Government prior to the due date. The due date is calculated from the date of the contractor's invoice. If the contractor has not placed a date on the invoice, the due date is calculated from the date the designated billing office receives a proper invoice, provided the agency annotates such invoice with the date of receipt at the time of receipt. When the discount date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday when Federal Government offices are closed and Government business is not expected to be conducted, payment may be made on the following business day and a discount may be taken. "Discrepancies incident to shipment," as used in this subpart, means all deficiencies incident to shipment of Government property to or from a contractor's facility whereby differences exist between the property purported to have been shipped and property actually received. Such deficiencies include loss, damage, destruction, improper status and condition coding, errors in identity or classification, and improper consignment. "Discussions" are negotiations that occur after establishment of the competitive range that may, at the Contracting Officer's discretion, result in the offeror being allowed to revise its proposal. "Dispute Resolution Specialist" is responsible for overall ADR policy and initiatives within DON. Oversees the activities of the Deputy Dispute Resolution Specialist. "Disruption," as used in this part, means the cost effect upon, or the increased cost of performing, the unchanged work due to a change to the contract. "DODAAC." Department of Defense Activity Address Code. See "Activity Address Numbers." "Domestic concern" means a concern incorporated in the United States or an unincorporated concern having its principal place of business in the United States. "Domestic construction material" means-- "Domestic destination," as used in this clause, means-- "Domestic end product" means- "Domestic end product" has the meaning given in the clauses at 252.225-7001 Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Program; 252.225-7007 Buy American Act--Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments
Program; and 252.225-7036 Buy
American Act--North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act--Balance of
Payments Program, instead of the meaning in FAR 25 Foreign Acquisition. "Domestic end product" means-- "Domestic manufacture" means manufactured in the United States or Canada if the Canadian firm- "Domestic offer" means an offer of a domestic end product. When the solicitation specifies that award will be made on a group of line items, a domestic offer means an offer where the proposed price of the domestic end products exceeds 50 percent of the total proposed price of the group. "DRPM" means Direct Reporting Program Manager. "Drug-free workplace" means the site(s) for the performance of work done by the contractor in connection with a specific contract where employees of the contractor are prohibited from engaging in the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance. "Dry bulk carrier" means a vessel used primarily for the carriage of shipload lots of homogeneous unmarked nonliquid cargoes such as grain, coal, cement, and lumber. "Dry cargo liner" means a vessel used for the carriage of heterogeneous marked cargoes in parcel lots. However, any cargo may be carried in these vessels, including part cargoes of dry bulk items or, when carried in deep tanks, bulk liquids such as petroleum and vegetable oils. "DSCP." See Defense Supply Center Philadelphia. "Dual pricing evaluation procedure" means a procedure where offerors submit two prices for precious metals bearing items--one based on Government-furnished precious metals and one based on contractor-furnished precious metals. The contracting officer evaluates the prices to determine which is in the Government's best interest. "Dual service area" means a geographical area in which two or more utility suppliers are authorized under State law to provide services. "Due date" means the date on which payment should be made. "DUNS." See "Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number." Need a definition? Clarification? Suggest a new term or definition? |