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"MAC." See "Multi-Agency Contract" or "Multiple Award Contract."

"Made" when used in relation to any invention, means the conception or first actual reduction to practice of such invention.
FAR 27.3 Patent Rights under Government Contracts

"Maintain" means maintain, collect, use, or disseminate.
FAR 24.1 Protection of Individual Privacy

"Major contractor" means any contractor whose covered segments allocated a total of more than $11,000,000 in IR&D/B&P costs to covered contracts during the preceding fiscal year. For purposes of calculating the dollar threshold amounts to determine whether a contractor meets the definition of "major contractor," do not include contractor segments allocating less than $1,100,000 of IR&D/B&P costs to covered contracts during the preceding fiscal year.
DFARS 231.205-18 Independent research and development and bid and proposal costs

"Major defense program" means a program that is carried out to produce or acquire a major system (as defined in 10 U.S.C. 2302(5)) (see also DoD 5000.2-R, Mandatory Procedures for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) and Major Automated Information System (MAIS) Acquisition Programs.
DFARS 252.249-7002 Notification of Anticipated Contract Termination or Reduction (Dec 1996) as prescribed in DFARS 249.7003(c).

"Major helium requirement" means a helium requirement during a calendar month of 5,000 or more standard cubic feet (measured at 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute pressure and 70 degrees Fahrenheit temperature), including liquid helium gaseous equivalent. In any month in which the major requirement threshold is met, all helium purchased during that month is considered part of the major helium requirement.
FAR 8.5 Acquisition of Helium

"Major nonconformance" is a nonconformance, other than critical, that is likely to result in failure, or to materially reduce the usability of the supplies or services for their intended purpose.
DFARS 246.407 Nonconforming supplies or services
See FAR definition of "Major Nonconformance".
See "Minor nonconformance."

"Major nonconformance" means a nonconformance, other than critical, that is likely to result in failure of the supplies or services, or to materially reduce the usability of the supplies or services for their intended purpose.
FAR 46 Quality Assurance
See DFARS definition of "Major Nonconformance".
See "Minor nonconformance."

"Major system" means that combination of elements that will function together to produce the capabilities required to fulfill a mission need. The elements may include hardware, equipment, software, or any combination thereof, but exclude construction or other improvements to real property. A system is a major system if--
(1) The Department of Defense is responsible for the system and the total expenditures for research, development, test, and evaluation for the system are estimated to be more than $115,000,000 (based on fiscal year 1990 constant dollars) or the eventual total expenditure for the acquisition exceeds $540,000,000 (based on fiscal year 1990 constant dollars);
(2) A civilian agency is responsible for the system and total expenditures for the system are estimated to exceed $750,000 (based on fiscal year 1980 constant dollars) or the dollar threshold for a "major system" established by the agency pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-109, entitled "Major System Acquisitions," whichever is greater; or
(3) The system is designated a "major system" by the head of the agency responsible for the system (10 U.S.C. 2302 and 41 U.S.C. 403).
FAR Part 2 - Definitions of Words and Terms

"Make item," as used in this subsection, means an item or work effort to be produced or performed by the prime contractor or its affiliates, subsidiaries, or divisions.
FAR 15.407-2 Make-or-buy programs

"Make-or-buy program" means that part of a contractor's written plan for a contract identifying those major items to be produced or work efforts to be performed in the prime contractor's facilities and those to be subcontracted.
FAR Part 2 - Definitions of Words and Terms

"Management and operating contract" means an agreement under which the [Department of Energy and any other agency having requisite statutory authority] contracts for the operation, maintenance, or support, on its behalf, of a Government-owned or -controlled research, development, special production, or testing establishment wholly or principally devoted to one or more major programs of the contracting Federal agency.
FAR 17.6 Management and Operating Contracts
(DFARS 217.600 states "FAR Subpart 17.6 does not apply to DoD.")

"Management and professional support services." See "Advisory and assistance services."

"Manufacture" means to manufacture, produce, assemble, or import.
FAR 23.2 Energy Conservation

"Manufacturer," as used in this part, means any business that, or person who, manufactures a consumer product.
FAR 23.2 Energy Conservation

"Mapping, charting, and geodesy (MC&G) property" means geodetic, geomagnetic, gravimetric, aeronautical, topographic, hydrographic, cultural, and toponymic data presented in the form of topographic, planimetric, relief, or thematic maps and graphics; nautical and aeronautical charts and publications; and in simulated, photographic, digital, or computerized formats.
DFARS 252.245-7000 Government-Furnished Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy Property (Dec 1991) as prescribed in DFARS 245.310-70; and
DFARS 245.301 Providing Government Property To Contractors

"Market place." See "Marketplace."

"Market planning" involves market research and analysis and generalized management planning concerned with development of the contractor's business. The allowability of long-range market planning costs is controlled by the provisions of 31.205-12. Other market planning costs are allowable to the extent that they are reasonable and not in excess of the limitations of paragraph (c)(2) of this subsection. Costs of activities which are correctly classified and disallowed under cost principles referenced in this paragraph (b) are not to be reconsidered for reimbursement under any other provision of this subsection.
FAR 31.205-38 Selling costs

"Market research" means collecting and analyzing information about capabilities within the market to satisfy agency needs.
FAR Part 2 - Definitions of Words and Terms
See Acquisition Lifecycle: Market Research.

"Marketing consultant," as used in this subpart, means any independent contractor who furnishes advice, information, direction, or assistance to an offeror or any other contractor in support of the preparation or submission of an offer for a Government contract by that offeror. An independent contractor is not a marketing consultant when rendering--
(1) Services excluded in Subpart 37.2;
(2) Routine engineering and technical services (such as installation, operation, or maintenance of systems, equipment, software, components, or facilities);
(3) Routine legal, actuarial, auditing, and accounting services; and
(4) Training services.
FAR 9.5 Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest

"Marketplace" is the aggregation of buyers and sellers where goods are offered for sale.
Commercial Item Acquisition: Considerations and Lessons Learned, June 26, 2000, p. 3

"Marshallese firm" means a local firm incorporated in the Marshall Islands, or otherwise legally organized under the laws of the Marshall Islands, that-
(i) Is more than 50 percent owned by citizens of the Marshall Islands; or
(ii) Complies with the following:
(A) The firm has done business in the Marshall Islands on a continuing basis for not less than 3 years prior to the date of issuance of this solicitation;
(B) Substantially all of the firm's directors of local operations, senior staff, and operating personnel are resident in the Marshall Islands or are U.S. citizens; and
(C) Most of the operating equipment and physical plant are in the Marshall Islands.
DFARS 252.236-7012 Military Construction on Kwajalein Atoll--Evaluation Preference (Mar 1998) as prescribed in DFARS 236.570(c)(2); and
DFARS 236.102 Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts Definitions

"Master agreement for repair and alteration of vessels"-
(1) Is a written instrument of understanding, negotiated between a contracting activity and a contractor that-
(A) Contains contract clauses, terms, and conditions applying to future contracts for repairs, alterations, and/or additions to vessels; and
(B) Contemplates separate future contracts that will incorporate by reference or attachment the required and applicable clauses agreed upon in the master agreement.
(2) Is not a contract.
DFARS 217.71 Master Agreement for Repair and Alteration of Vessels

"Master plan" means a subcontracting plan that contains all the required elements of an individual contract plan, except goals, and may be incorporated into individual contract plans, provided the master plan has been approved
FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Oct 2000) as prescribed in FAR 19.708(b) (This clause does not apply to small business concerns); and
FAR 19.7 The Small Business Subcontracting Program

"Master solicitation" means a document containing special clauses and provisions that have been identified as essential for the acquisition of a specific type of supply or service that is acquired repetitively.
FAR Part 2 - Definitions of Words and Terms

"Material," as used in this subpart, means property that may be incorporated into or attached to a deliverable end item or that may be consumed or expended in performing a contract. It includes assemblies, components, parts, raw and processed materials, and small tools and supplies that may be consumed in normal use in performing a contract.
FAR 45.3 Providing Government Property to Contractors; and
FAR 45.5 Management of Government Property in the Possession of Contractors

"Material cost at standard" means a preestablished measure of the material elements of cost, computed by multiplying material-price standard by material-quantity standard.
FAR 31 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures

"Material costs" include the costs of such items as raw materials, parts, sub-assemblies, components, and manufacturing supplies, whether purchased or manufactured by the contractor, and may include such collateral items as inbound transportation and intransit insurance.
FAR 31.205-26 Material costs

"Material management and accounting system (MMAS) " means the Contractor's system or systems for planning, controlling, and accounting for the acquisition, use, issuing, and disposition of material. Material management and accounting systems may be manual or automated. They may be stand-alone systems or they may be integrated with planning, engineering, estimating, purchasing, inventory, accounting, or other systems.
DFARS 252.242-7004 Material Management and Accounting System (Dec 2000) as prescribed in DFARS 242.7204 Contractor Material Management And Accounting System - Contract Clause;
DFARS 242.7201 Contractor Material Management And Accounting System;
ASN RDA ABM Memo, 8 Aug 2001, DFARS 242.72, Material Management and Accounting Systems (MMAS).

"Material-price standard" means a preestablished measure, expressed in monetary terms, of the price of material.
FAR Part 31 - Contract Cost Principles and Procedures

"Material-quantity standard" means a preestablished measure, expressed in physical terms, of the quantity of material.
FAR Part 31 - Contract Cost Principles and Procedures

"May" denotes the permissive. However, the words "no person may . . ." mean that no person is required, authorized, or permitted to do the act described.
FAR Part 2 - Definitions of Words and Terms

"McNamara-O'Hara Act" shall mean the Service Contract Act of 1965 as amended by Public Law 92-473, 86 Stat. 789, effective October 9, 1972, Public Law 93-57, 87 Stat. 140, effective July 6, 1973, and Public Law 94-489, 90 Stat. 2358, effective October 13, 1976 and any subsequent amendments thereto.
29 CFR Part 4 Labor Standards for Federal Service Contracts

"Mechanics". See "Laborers or Mechanics."

"Med/Arb" employs a neutral selected to serve as both arbitrator and mediator in a dispute. It combines the voluntary techniques of persuasion and discussion, as in mediation, with an arbitrator's authority to issue a final and binding decision, when necessary.
American Arbitration Association Terms and Definitions

"Mediation" is an intervention in dispute negotiations by an impartial third person, with the purpose of helping the parties to reach their own solution.
American Arbitration Association Terms and Definitions

"Mentor-Protege Program." See "Pilot Mentor-Protege Program."

"Metrology" is the science of weights and measures used to determine conformance to technical requirements including the development of standards and systems for absolute and relative measurements.
DFARS 246.101 Quality Assurance Definitions

"Mexican end product" means an article that--
(1) Is wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Mexico; or
(2) In the case of an article that consists in whole or in part of materials from another country, has been substantially transformed in Mexico into a new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was transformed. The term refers to a product offered for purchase under a supply contract, but for purposes of calculating the value of the end product includes services (except transportation services) incidental to the article, provided that the value of those incidental services does not exceed that of the article itself.
FAR 25 Foreign Acquisition

"MI." See "Minority institutions."

"Micro-purchase" means an acquisition of supplies or services (except construction), the aggregate amount of which does not exceed $2,500, except that in the case of construction, the limit is $2,000.
FAR Part 2 - Definitions of Words and Terms

"Micro-purchase threshold" means $2,500.
FAR Part 2 - Definitions of Words and Terms

"Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request (MIPR) " is the acquiring department's authority to acquire the supplies or services on behalf of the requiring department.
DFARS 208.7004-1 Purchase authorization from requiring department

"Miniature and instrument ball bearings" means all rolling contact ball bearings with a basic outside diameter (exclusive of flange diameters) of 30 millimeters or less, regardless of material, tolerance, performance, or quality characteristics.
DFARS 252.225-7016 Restriction on Acquisition of Ball and Roller Bearings (Dec 2000) as prescribed in DFARS 225.7019-4,
DFARS 225.70 Authorization Acts, Appropriations Acts, And Other Statutory Restrictions on Foreign Acquisition

"Mini-Trial" is a structured settlement process in which senior executives of the companies involved meet in the presence of an impartial third person and, after hearing presentations of the merits of each side of the dispute, attempt to formulate a voluntary settlement.
American Arbitration Association Terms and Definitions

"Minor modification" means a modification that does not significantly alter the nongovernmental function or purpose of [computer] software or is of the type customarily provided in the commercial marketplace.
DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Noncommercial Computer Software and Noncommercial Computer Software Documentation (Jun 1995) as prescribed in DFARS 227.7203-6(a)(1); and
DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Noncommercial Technical Data and Computer Software--Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (Jun 1995) as prescribed in DFARS 227.7104(a)

"Minor nonconformance" is a nonconformance that is not likely to materially reduce the usability of the supplies or services for their intended purpose, or is a departure from established standards having little bearing on the effective use or operation of the supplies or services.
DFARS 246.407 Nonconforming supplies or services; and
FAR 46 Quality Assurance See "Major Nonconformance".

"Minority," as used in this clause, means--
(1) American Indian or Alaskan Native (all persons having origins in any of the original peoples of North America and maintaining identifiable tribal affiliations through membership and participation or community identification).
(2) Asian and Pacific Islander (all persons having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands);
(3) Black (all persons having origins in any of the black African racial groups not of Hispanic origin); and
(4) Hispanic (all persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race).
FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction (Feb 1999) as prescribed in FAR 22.810(f)

"Minority Institution" means an institution of higher education meeting the requirements of Section 1046(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067k), including a Hispanic-serving institution of higher education, as defined in Section 316(b)(1) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1101a).
FAR Part 2 - Definitions of Words and Terms; and
FAR 52.226-2 Historically Black College or University and Minority Institution Representation (May 2001) as prescribed in FAR 26.304. See "DFARS definition.

"Minority institutions," as used in this clause, means institutions meeting the requirements of Section 1046(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1135d-5(3)). The term also includes Hispanic-serving institutions as defined in Section 316(b)(1) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)(1)).
DFARS 252.219-7003 Small, Small Disadvantaged and Women-Owned Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts) (Apr 1996) as prescribed in DFARS 219.708">DFARS 219.708(b)(1)(A); and
DFARS 226.7008(a). See "FAR definition.

"MIPR." See "Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request."

"Misrepresentation of fact" means a false statement of substantive fact, or any conduct which leads to the belief of a substantive fact material to proper understanding of the matter in hand, made with intent to deceive or mislead.
FAR 33.2 Disputes and Appeals

"Modification," as used in this subpart, means a minor change in the details of a provision or clause that is specifically authorized by the FAR and does not alter the substance of the provision or clause (see 52.104).
52.101(a)

"Modification of a contract" means any alteration in the terms and conditions of that contract, including amendments, renegotiations, and renewals.
Proposed Rule - Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards - 29 CFR Part 470 - Obligations of Federal Contractors and Subcontractors; Notice of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues or Fees, Federal Register: October 1, 2001.

"Modular contracting" means use of one or more contracts to acquire information technology systems in successive, interoperable increments.
FAR 39 Acquisition of Information Technology

"Month" means calendar month. However, if the Contractor's accounting period does not coincide with the calendar month, then that accounting period shall be used in lieu of "month."
DFARS 252.216-7001 Economic Price Adjustment--Nonstandard Steel Items (Jul 1997) as prescribed in DFARS 216.203-4-70(b).

"Motor vehicle" means an item of equipment, mounted on wheels and designed for highway and/or land use, that -
(1) Derives power from a self-contained power unit; or
(2) Is designed to be towed by and used in conjunction with self-propelled equipment.
FAR 8.11 Leasing of Motor Vehicles

"Moving average cost" means an inventory costing method under which an average unit cost is computed after each acquisition by adding the cost of the newly acquired units to the cost of the units of inventory on hand and dividing this figure by the new total number of units.
FAR 31 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures

"MSC" means the Military Sealift Command.
NAPS 5202.101 Definitions

"Multi-agency contract (MAC)" means a task or delivery order contract established by one agency for use by Government agencies to obtain supplies and services, consistent with the Economy Act. Multi-agency contracts include contracts for information technology established pursuant to section 5124(a)(2) of the Clinger-Cohen Act, 40 U.S.C. 1424(a)(2).
Proposed FAR rule Federal Register: August 23, 2001 Task-Order and Delivery-Order Contracts

"Multiple award contract (MAC)" as used in this subpart, means--
(1) A multiple award task order contract entered into in accordance with FAR 16.504(c); or
(2) Any other indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract that an agency enters into with two or more sources under the same solicitation.
DFARS 216.501-1 Definitions. DFARS Final Rule: Competition Requirements for Purchase of Services Under Multiple Award Contracts, effective 25 Oct 2002.

"Multiple award contract (MAC)" is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract awarded to multiple firms from a single solicitation. See SeaPort and FAR 16.504 Indefinite quantity contracts.

"Multiple service locations" means the various locations or delivery points in the utility supplier's service area to which it provides service under a single contract.
FAR 41.1 Acquisition of Utility Services

"Multiple year contracts" means contracts having a term of more than 1 year regardless of fiscal year funding. The term includes multiyear contracts (see 17.103).
FAR 22.10 Service Contract Act of 1965, as Amended

"Multi-year contract" means a contract for the purchase of supplies or services for more than 1, but not more than 5, program years. A multi-year contract may provide that performance under the contract during the second and subsequent years of the contract is contingent upon the appropriation of funds, and (if it does so provide) may provide for a cancellation payment to be made to the contractor if appropriations are not made. The key distinguishing difference between multi-year contracts and multiple year contracts is that multi-year contracts, defined in the statutes cited at 17.101, buy more than 1 year's requirement (of a product or service) without establishing and having to exercise an option for each program year after the first.
FAR 17.1 Multi-year Contracting

"Multi-year contracting" is a special contracting method to acquire known requirements in quantities and total cost not over planned requirements for up to 5 years unless otherwise authorized by statute, even though the total funds ultimately to be obligated may not be available at the time of contract award. This method may be used in sealed bidding or contracting by negotiation.
FAR 17.104 Multi-year Contracting

"Must" (see "shall").
FAR Part 2 - Definitions of Words and Terms

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