**-\ HATF.SCHOOL S^ Y.CAUFORHIAM043*W ERE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Monterey California , THESIS A Dictionary of Acquisition and Contracting Terms by Russell G. Roe December 1991 Thesis Advisor: David V. Lamm Approval for public release; distribution is unlimited T258535 Unclassified SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE FormApproved OMBNo 0704 0188 1a REPORT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION lb RESTRICTIVE MARKINGS Unclassified 2a SECURITY CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY 3 DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY OF REPORT Approved for public release; 2b DECLASSIFICATION/DOWNGRADING SCHEDULE distribution is unlimited. 4 PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER(S) 5 MONITORING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER(S) 6a NAME OF PERFORMING ORGANIZATION 6b OFFICE SYMBOL 7a NAME OF MONITORING ORGANIZATION Slaval Postgraduate School (If app^cable) Naval Postgraduate School 6c. ADDRESS (City, State, and ZIPCode) 7b ADDRESS(City, State, andZIPCode) Monterey, CA 93943-5000 Monterey, CA 93943-5000 3a NAME OF FUNDING/SPONSORING Jb OFFICE SYMBOL 9 PROCUREMENT INSTRUMENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ORGANIZATION (If applicable) 8c ADDRESS(City, State, and ZIPCode) 10 SOURCE OF FUNDING NUMBERS PROGRAM PROJECT TASK WORK UNIT ELEMENT NO NO NO ACCESSION NO 11 TITLE (Include Security Classification) A DICTIONARY OF ACQUISITION AND CONTRACTING TERMS 12 PERSONAL AUTHOR(S) Russell G. Roe 13a TYPE OF REPORT 13b TIME COVERED 14 DATE OF REPORT (Year, Month, Day) 15 PAGE COUNT Master's Thesis FROM TO November 1991 115 16 SUPPLEMENTARY NOTATIONThe views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of Defense or U.S. Government. 1 7 COSATI CODES 18 SUBJECT TERMS (Continue on reverse if necessary and identify by block number) FIELD GROUP SUB-GROUP Acquisition and Contracting Term Dictionary; Dictionary; Definitions 19 ABSTRACT (Continue on reverse if necessary and identify by block number) This thesis is part of a joint research project between students of the Naval Postgrad- uate school in Monterey, CA and the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH. The purpose of the research is to establish working defini- tions for commonly used contracting and acquisition terms and phrases. Twenty five terms were selected from a master list compiled by previous researchers. Contracting litera- ture and regulations were researched to identify published definitions. The published definitions were used to develop a synthesized definition for each of the twenty five terms. The synthesized definitions were submitted to contracting professionals for examination. The acceptability of proposed definitions was based upon consensus and the input from respondents was used to develop a refined definition. 20 DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY OF ABSTRACT 21 ABSTRACT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION C3UNCLASSIFIED/UNLIMITED SAME AS RPT D DTIC USERS Unclassified 2D2aavIi^dAMEV.OF LRaESmPmONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL 22b,cT,mEf°$iiTtfif'eacode) 22c ^s?lIEetSYMBOL DDForm 1473, JUN 86 Previouseditionsareobsolete SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE S/N 0102-LF-014-6603 Unclassified Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. A Dictionary of Acquisition and Contracting Terms by RusseLl G. Roe Lieutenant Commander, Supply Corps, United States Navy B.B.A., Morehead State University, 1979 Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT from the NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL December 1991 ^ David R. Whipple, Chairman Department of Administrative Sciences ii ABSTRACT This thesis is part of a joint research project between students of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA and the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH. The purpose of the research is to establish working definitions for commonly used contracting and acquisition terms and phrases. Twenty five terms were selected from a master list compiled by previous researchers. Contracting literature and regulations were researched to identify published definitions. The published definitions were used to develop a synthesized definition for each of the twenty five terms. The synthesized definitions were submitted to contracting professionals for examination. The acceptability of proposed definitions was based upon consensus and the input from respondents was used to develop a refined definition. 111 . fo- ci TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I 1 A. BACKGROUND 1 B. SCOPE AND ASSUMPTIONS 2 C. RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND BENEFITS 3 D. THESIS ORGANIZATION 6 II. ANALYSIS OF "CONTROVERSIAL" TERMS 8 A. INTRODUCTION 8 B. METHODOLOGY OF ANALYSIS 8 C. TERM ANALYSIS 9 D. SUMMARY 19 III. ANALYSIS OF "NON-CONTROVERSIAL" TERMS 21 A. INTRODUCTION 21 B. TERM ANALYSIS 21 C. SUMMARY 69 IV. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 71 A. INTRODUCTION 71 B. CONCLUSIONS 71 C. RECOMMENDATIONS 73 D. PRIMARY RESEARCH QUESTION ANSWER 74 E. GENERAL COMMENTS 75 F. SUMMARY 75 IV