Abacus Contract Management Definitions"Gang cost" is- "Gateway airport abroad" means the airport from which the traveler last embarks en route to the United States or at which the traveler first debarks incident to travel from the United States. "Gateway airport in the United
States" means the last U.S. airport from which the traveler's flight departs or the first U.S. airport at which the traveler's flight arrives. "General and administrative (G&A) expense" means any management, financial, and other expense which is incurred by or allocated to a business unit and which is for the general management and administration of the business unit as a whole. G&A expense does not include those management expenses whose beneficial or causal relationship to cost objectives can be more directly measured by a base other than a cost input base representing the total activity of a business unit during a cost accounting period. "General freight" means supplies, goods, and transportable property not encompassed in the definitions of "household goods" or "office furniture." "Generated" means technical data or computer software first created in the performance of this contract. "Golden Disk," as used in this subpart, means a purchased license or entitlement to distribute an unlimited or bulk number of copies of software throughout DoD. "Goodwill," an unidentifiable intangible asset, originates under the purchase method of accounting for a business combination when the price paid by the acquiring company exceeds the sum of the identifiable individual assets acquired less liabilities assumed, based upon their fair values. The excess is commonly referred to as goodwill. Goodwill may arise from the acquisition of a company as a whole or a portion thereof. Any costs for amortization, expensing, write-off, or write-down of goodwill (however represented) are unallowable. "Government" or "entity of the Government" means any entity of the legislative or judicial branch, any executive agency, military department, Government corporation, or independent establishment, the U.S. Postal Service, or any nonappropriated-fund instrumentality of the Armed Forces. "Government" means United States Government. "Government" means the Government of the United States of America. "Government contract" means any agreement or modification thereof between any contracting agency and any person for the purchase, sale, or use of personal property or nonpersonal services. The term ``personal property,'' as used in this part, includes supplies, and contracts for the use of real property (such as lease arrangements), unless the contract for the use of real property itself constitutes real property (such as easements). The term ``nonpersonal services'' as used in this part includes, but is not limited to, the following services: utilities, construction, transportation, research, insurance, and fund depository. The term Government contract does not include: (1) Agreements in which the parties stand in the relationship of employer and employee; and (2) Federally assisted contracts. "Government contract quality assurance" means the various functions, including inspection, performed by the Government to determine whether a contractor has fulfilled the contract obligations pertaining to quality and quantity. "Government costs" means those agency costs that result directly from developing and implementing the VECP, such as any net increases in the cost of testing, operations, maintenance, and logistics support. The term does not include the normal administrative costs of processing the VECP or any increase in instant contract cost or price resulting from negative instant contract savings, except that for use in 52.248-3, see the definition at 52.248-3(b). "Government-furnished property," as used in this part, means property in the possession of, or directly acquired by, the Government and subsequently made available to the contractor. "Government of a terrorist country" includes the state and the government of a terrorist country, as well as any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof. "Government-owned property." Articles delivered to the Contractor to be laundered or dry-cleaned, including any articles which are actually owned by individual Government personnel, are Government-owned property, not Government-furnished property. Government-owned property does not fall under the requirements of any Government-furnished property clause of this contract. "Government printing" means printing, binding, and blankbook work for the use of an executive department, independent agency, or establishment of the Government. "Government production and research property," as used in this subpart, means Government-owned facilities, Government-owned special test equipment, and special tooling to which the Government has title or the right to acquire title. "Government property" means all property owned by or leased to the Government or acquired by the Government under the terms of the contract. It includes both Government-furnished property and contractor-acquired property as defined in this section. "Government property manager" means that individual with the reponsibility of managing Government property as defined in FAR 45.101. "Government purpose" means any activity in which the United States Government is a party, including cooperative agreements with international or multi-national defense organizations, or sales or transfers by the United States Government to foreign governments or international organizations. Government purposes include competitive procurement, but do not include the rights to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose technical data for commercial purposes or authorize others to do so.
"Government purpose" means any activity in which the United States Government is a party, including cooperative agreements with international or multi-national defense organizations or sales or transfers by the United States Government to foreign governments or international organizations. Government purposes include competitive procurement, but do not include the rights to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose technical data or computer software for commercial purposes or authorize others to do so. "Government purpose rights" means the rights to- "Government purpose rights" means the rights to- "Government-unique mark" means any mark that identifies and distinguishes goods first developed or manufactured in performance of a Government contract or that identifies and distinguishes services first rendered in performance of a Government contract. "Government use" includes use on contracts for foreign military sales. Use on contracts for foreign military sales shall be on a rent-free basis. "Government vessel" means a vessel owned by the U.S. Government and operated directly by the Government or for the Government by an agent or contractor, including a privately owned U.S.-flag vessel under bareboat charter to the Government. "Governmental regulatory body" means the Federal Communications Commission, any statewide regulatory body, or any body with less than statewide jurisdiction when operating under the state authority. Regulatory bodies whose decisions are not subject to judicial appeal and regulatory bodies which regulate a company owned by the same entity which creates the regulatory body are not "governmental regulatory bodies." "Governmentwide acquisition contract" means a task-order or delivery- order contract for information technology established by one agency for Governmentwide use that is operated-- "Governmentwide
commercial purchase card" means a purchase card, similar in nature to a commercial credit card, issued to authorized agency personnel to use to acquire and to pay for supplies and services. "Governmentwide commercial purchase card" means a card that is similar in nature to a commercial credit card that is used to make financing and delivery payments for supplies and services. The purchase card is an EFT method and it may be used as a means to meet the requirement to pay by EFT, to the extent that purchase card limits do not preclude such payments. "Governmentwide point of entry (GPE)" means the single point where Government business opportunities greater than $25,000, including synopses of proposed contract actions, solicitations, and associated information, can be accessed electronically by the public. The GPE is located at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. "GPETE." General purpose electronic and test equipment. See Navy GPETE home page. "Grant" is a project whose funds are specifically legislated by Congress for a particular purpose. Grants are not administered pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation. "Guaranteed loan" or "V loan" means a loan, revolving credit fund, or other financial arrangement made pursuant to
Regulation V of the Federal Reserve Board, under which the guaranteeing agency is obligated, on demand of the lender, to purchase a stated percentage of the loan and to share any losses in the amount of the guaranteed percentage. "Guaranteeing agency" means any agency that the President has authorized to guarantee loans, through Federal Reserve Banks, for expediting national defense production. "GWAC." See "Governmentwide Acquisition Contract." Need a definition? Clarification? Suggest a new term or definition? |