Glossary
Government procurement glossary
1609+ procurement terms explained in plain language, from standing offers to sole source.
Sample glossary cards defining standing offer, request for proposal, supply arrangement, and sole source.
Defence procurement
Terms that come up when selling to National Defence and other defence buyers, each with how often it appears in real awards and open tenders.
- Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC)
- Controlled goods
- Defence Production Act
- Department of National Defence (DND)
- ILS2 (integrated logistic support)
- Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB)
- LCC3 (life cycle cost)
- Minimum Canadian Content Requirements
- NATO Stock Number (NSN)
- Security Clearance Requirements
- Shipbuilding, Repair, Refit and Modernization Policy
- STANAG (NATO standardization agreement)
Showing 48 of 1609 terms
A2C2 (Army Airspace Command and Control)
A2C2 (Army Airspace Command and Control) is the Army function of planning, coordinating, integrating and controlling the
Read moreAA1 (air armament)
AA1 is a NATO acronym for "air armament" (French: armement aérien, armement des forces aériennes), listed in the AAP-15
Read moreAA2 (air army)
AA2 is a NATO military abbreviation that stands for "air army". NATO's glossary of acronyms and abbreviations lists it w
Read moreAA3 (airborne antenna)
AA3 is a NATO abbreviation for "airborne antenna." NATO's glossary of abbreviations lists it with the French equivalent
Read moreAA4 (alerting authority)
AA4 is the NATO abbreviation for alerting authority. NATO's Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations (AAP-15) lists it wit
Read moreAA5 (area of action)
AA5 is the NATO-agreed abbreviation for the term "area of action" (French: zone d’action, ZA), recorded in AAP-15, the N
Read moreAA6 (avenue of approach)
AA6 is the identifier the NATO abbreviation glossary assigns to "avenue of approach", a route or axis a force uses to ap
Read moreAAA1 (anti-aircraft artillery)
AAA1 is the NATO abbreviation for anti-aircraft artillery, meaning artillery intended for use against aircraft. NATO's g
Read moreAAA2 (area advisory authority)
AAA2 (or AAA-2) is an abbreviation defined in NATO’s official glossary of abbreviations (AAP-15) as “area advisory autho
Read moreA/A (AA7 (admitted – toléré) air-to-air)
A/A is the NATO preferred abbreviation for air-to-air, with the French equivalent air-air. NATO's glossary lists AA7 as
Read moreAAB (air assault brigade)
AAB is the NATO-agreed abbreviation for air assault brigade, a military brigade organized and equipped to move and fight
Read moreAAC (ACCS Advisory Committee)
AAC (ACCS Advisory Committee) is a NATO abbreviation for the ACCS Advisory Committee, as defined in official NATO glossa
Read moreAACP (Allied acquisition practices publication)
AACP is NATO's designation for its Allied acquisition practices publications. The best-known title, AACP-1, gives guidan
Read moreAAD1 (advanced ammunition depot)
AAD1 is the NATO abbreviation for advanced ammunition depot, a forward military facility for storing and handling ammuni
Read moreAAD2 (area air defence)
AAD2 is the NATO acronym for area air defence, air-defence activity that protects a defined area from air threats. NATO'
Read moreAADC (area air defence commander)
AADC stands for area air defence commander. In NATO terminology, it is the commander responsible for coordinating area a
Read moreAADGE (ACO Air Defence Ground Environment)
AADGE is the NATO abbreviation for ACO Air Defence Ground Environment, the air defence ground environment associated wit
Read moreAAF1 (Allied air force)
AAF1 is the abbreviation NATO's glossary of acronyms and abbreviations lists for "Allied air force". The French equivale
Read moreAAF2 (army airfield)
AAF2 is the NATO abbreviation for army airfield, listed in NATO's Glossary of NATO acronyms and abbreviations. The Frenc
Read moreAAGS (army air-ground system)
AAGS stands for army air-ground system. It is a NATO terminology entry listed in the Glossary of NATO abbreviations and
Read moreAAL (artillerie antiaérienne légère)
AAL is the French abbreviation for artillerie antiaérienne légère, or light anti-aircraft artillery. It describes light
Read moreAAM (air-to-air missile)
An AAM is an air-to-air missile: a missile launched from an aircraft to engage another airborne target. In Canadian defe
Read moreAAMG (anti-aircraft machine-gun)
AAMG stands for anti-aircraft machine-gun, a NATO abbreviation for a machine-gun intended for anti-aircraft use. The Fre
Read moreAAN (Assemblée de l'Atlantique Nord)
AAN stands for Assemblée de l'Atlantique Nord, the French name of the North Atlantic Assembly (NAA). It is the former na
Read moreAAP1 (Allied administrative publication)
AAP-1 is a numbered NATO Allied Administrative Publication. AAP stands for Allied Administrative Publication, the NATO d
Read moreAAP2 (area air picture)
AAP2 (Area Air Picture) appears to be a NATO-specific term or designation related to air surveillance, situational aware
Read moreAAR1 (after-action report)
AAR1 is the NATO abbreviation for after-action report, the formal record produced after an activity, operation, exercise
Read moreAAR2 (after-action review)
AAR2 is the NATO acronym form for "after-action review", a structured professional discussion of an event or mission tha
Read moreAAR3 (air-to-air refuelling)
AAR3 is the NATO glossary abbreviation for air-to-air refuelling, the capability that lets an aircraft be refuelled in f
Read moreAARA (air-to-air refuelling area)
AARA is the NATO abbreviation for air-to-air refuelling area. The NATO glossary of abbreviations links it to ATP-56 and
Read moreAARC (air-to-air refuelling controller)
AARC is the NATO abbreviation for air-to-air refuelling controller, the role responsible for controlling or directing ai
Read moreAArtyP (Allied artillery publication)
AArtyP stands for Allied artillery publication. It is a NATO abbreviation listed in the AAP-15 glossary, with the French
Read moreAASTP (Allied Ammunition Storage and Transport Publications)
AASTP stands for Allied Ammunition Storage and Transport Publication. It is a NATO series of guidance and standards for
Read moreAAV (amphibious assault vehicle)
AAV is the NATO abbreviation for amphibious assault vehicle, a vehicle that supports amphibious assault operations by mo
Read moreAAVSP (Allied avionics publication)
AAVSP stands for Allied avionics publication, the NATO-agreed English term for a publication concerning avionics. The de
Read moreAAW1 (air-to-air warfare)
AAW1 is the NATO abbreviation for air-to-air warfare, the conduct of warfare involving aerial forces against airborne fo
Read moreAAW2 (anti-air warfare)
AAW2 is the NATO abbreviation for anti-air warfare: measures taken to defend a maritime force against attacks by airborn
Read moreAAWACU (anti-air warfare aircraft control unit)
AAWACU stands for anti-air warfare aircraft control unit. It is a NATO abbreviation listed in the Glossary of NATO acron
Read moreAAWC1 (anti-air warfare commander)
AAWC1 is the NATO abbreviation for anti-air warfare commander. NATO's acronym glossary links it to ATP-01, the naval tac
Read moreAAWC2 (anti-air warfare coordinator)
AAWC2 is the NATO abbreviation for anti-air warfare coordinator. NATO's glossary of abbreviations lists it with the Fren
Read moreAAWCN (anti-air warfare command net)
AAWCN stands for anti-air warfare command net. It is a NATO agreed term listed under ATP-01, the Allied tactical publica
Read moreABB (airborne brigade)
ABB is the NATO abbreviation for airborne brigade, a military brigade trained, organized and equipped to conduct operati
Read moreABCA (America, Britain, Canada, Australia)
ABCA is the American, British, Canadian and Australian Armies' Program, a multinational program that improves cooperatio
Read moreABC (America, Britain, Canada)
ABC is a NATO acronym that stands for America, Britain, Canada. It is listed with this expansion in NATO's Glossary of N
Read moreABCCC1 (airborne battlefield command and control centre)
ABCCC1 is the NATO acronym for airborne battlefield command and control centre, an airborne facility that manages tactic
Read moreABCCC2 (airborne command, control and communications)
ABCCC2 is the NATO abbreviation for airborne command, control and communications. NATO's glossary of acronyms and abbrev
Read moreABD (airborne division)
'ABD' stands for Airborne Division (a military unit type specializing in parachute or air assault operations), but it is
Read moreABDR (aircraft battle damage repair)
ABDR (aircraft battle damage repair) is maintenance that restores a damaged military aircraft to a temporary, mission-ca
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- A/A (AA7 (admitted – toléré) air-to-air)
- A/C (AC7 (admitted – toléré) aircraft)
- A2C2 (Army Airspace Command and Control)
- AA1 (air armament)
- AA2 (air army)
- AA3 (airborne antenna)
- AA4 (alerting authority)
- AA5 (area of action)
- AA6 (avenue of approach)
- AAA1 (anti-aircraft artillery)
- AAB (air assault brigade)
- AACP (Allied acquisition practices publication)
- AAD1 (advanced ammunition depot)
- AAD2 (area air defence)
- AADC (area air defence commander)
- AADGE (ACO Air Defence Ground Environment)
- AAF1 (Allied air force)
- AAF2 (army airfield)
- AAGS (army air-ground system)
- AAL (artillerie antiaérienne légère)
- AAM (air-to-air missile)
- AAMG (anti-aircraft machine-gun)
- AAN (Assemblée de l'Atlantique Nord)
- AAP1 (Allied administrative publication)
- AAR1 (after-action report)
- AAR2 (after-action review)
- AAR3 (air-to-air refuelling)
- AARA (air-to-air refuelling area)
- AARC (air-to-air refuelling controller)
- AArtyP (Allied artillery publication)
- AASTP (Allied Ammunition Storage and Transport Publications)
- AAV (amphibious assault vehicle)
- AAVSP (Allied avionics publication)
- AAW1 (air-to-air warfare)
- AAW2 (anti-air warfare)
- AAWACU (anti-air warfare aircraft control unit)
- AAWC1 (anti-air warfare commander)
- AAWC2 (anti-air warfare coordinator)
- AAWCN (anti-air warfare command net)
- ABB (airborne brigade)
- ABC (America, Britain, Canada)
- ABCA (America, Britain, Canada, Australia)
- ABCCC1 (airborne battlefield command and control centre)
- ABCCC2 (airborne command, control and communications)
- ABDR (aircraft battle damage repair)
- ABFAC (airborne forward air controller)
- ABIED (airborne improvised explosive device)
- ABIH (Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- ABL (airborne laser)
- ABM (antiballistic missile)
- ABMS (air battle management system)
- ABO (assistant boarding officer)
- Aboriginal Business Directory (ABD)
- Aboriginal Business Directory (IBD)
- Aboriginal Business Set-Aside (ABSA)
- Aboriginal or treaty rights
- ABP (Afghan Border Police)
- ABR (aeroballistic rocket)
- ABRegt (airborne regiment)
- ABSR (advanced battlefield surveillance radar)
- ABSV (armoured battlefield support vehicle)
- ABT (air-breathing threat)
- ABTF (airborne task force)
- AC2 (Air Command and Control)
- AC4 (area commander)
- AC5 (army corps)
- AC6 (Atlantic Council document prefix)
- ACA1 (airspace control authority)
- ACAMP (Allied camouflage and concealment publication)
- ACARS (air concepts and requirements study)
- ACC1 (air combat command)
- ACC10 (area coordination centre)
- ACC11 (automatic code changing)
- ACC3 (air component commander)
- ACC4 (air control centre)
- ACC6 (alternate control centre Note: Pertaining to telecommunications.)
- ACC7 (alternate control centre Note: Pertaining to headquarters.)
- ACC8 (approach control centre)
- ACCB (ACO centralized communications budget)
- ACCE (air component coordination element)
- Accept Contract Deliverables
- Acceptance Requirements
- Acceptance Trials and Tests
- Access to Information Act (ATIA)
- Accessibility Criteria
- Accessibility Factors
- Accessibility in Procurement
- Accessibility Requirements
- Accessibility Specifications
- Accessibility standards
- Accessible procurement
- Accountability
- ACCS (Air Command and Control System)
- ACEATM (aimed controlled-effect antitank mine)
- ACFL (agreed ceasefire line)
- ACG (amphibious combat group)
- ACI (airborne control intercept)
- ACIL (ACO Installation List)
- ACINT (ACOUSTINT (admitted – toléré) acoustic intelligence)
- ACL (allowable cabin/cargo load)
- ACM1 (acoustic countermeasures)
- ACM2 (air combat manoeuvre)
- ACM3 (airspace control means)
- ACM5 (anti-coalition militant)
- ACMC (ACCS Configuration Management Committee)
- ACMI (air combat manoeuvring instrumentation)
- ACMP (Allied configuration management publication)
- ACMR1 (air combat manoeuvring range)
- ACMR2 (airspace control measure request)
- ACMREQ (airspace control means request)
- ACO1 (airspace control order)
- ACO2 (airspace coordination order)
- ACO3 (Allied Command Operations)
- ACodP (Allied codification publication)
- AComP (Allied communications publication)
- ACOS (assistant chief of staff)
- ACP1 (advanced common processor)
- ACP2 (ABNCP (admitted – toléré) airborne command post)
- ACP3 (air checkpoint)
- ACP5 (airspace control plan)
- Acquisition cards
- Acquisitions
- Acquisitions Program (AP)
- Acquisitions Program Policy Suite
- ACR (air control and reporting)
- ACS1 (advanced common sensor)
- ACS4 (airspace control system)
- ACSA (acquisition and cross-servicing agreement)
- ACT (Allied Command Transformation)
- ACTORD (activation order)
- ACTREQ (Activation Request)
- ACTWARN (activation warning)
- ACU1 (air control unit)
- ACU3 (antenna control unit)
- ACU4 (avalanche control unit)
- AD1 (ACO directive)
- AD3 (air defence)
- ADA1 (air defence area)
- ADAC (aéronef à décollage et atterrissage courts)
- ADACV (ADAC/ADAV (déconseillé - deprecated) aéronef à décollage et atterrissage courts ou verticaux)
- ADAM1 (air defence and airspace management)
- ADAM2 (area denial artillery munition)
- ADAMS (Allied Deployment and Movement System)
- Adaptability
- ADatP (Allied data processing publication)
- ADATS (air defence antitank system)
- ADAV (aéronef à décollage et atterrissage verticaux)
- ADCAV (aéronef à décollage court et atterrissage vertical)
- ADCOM (administrative command)
- ADCOORD (air defence coordinator)
- Additional Construction Services
- Adequate Competition
- ADEX (air defence exercise)
- ADF1 (air defence force)
- Administrative Agreements
- Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN)
- Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) Challenge Period
- Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) Response Period
- Advance Payment
- Advance Payment Authority
- Advantages of Standing Offers
- AFLP (Allied fuels logistics publication)
- AFV (armoured fighting vehicle)
- Aggregate Certification
- Agreements
- AICF (ACCS interoperability coordination function)
- AID (acquisition, identification and designation)
- AJCMC (ACCS Joint Configuration Management Committee)
- ALC1 (ACCS logistic concept)
- ALC2 (ACO Logistic Centre)
- ALCE1 (ACO Logistic Control Element)
- Allocation
- Allocation Unit (AU)
- ALP (Allied logistic publication)
- ALSC (afloat logistics and sealift capability)
- ALSS (advanced logistics support site)
- Alternate Sources of Supply
- Alternative Pricing Principles
- Alternative risk financing
- Amending contracts
- Amendment
- ANGS (amphibious operations support and naval gunfire support)
- Anti-Forced Labour Requirements
- Application for Registration (AFR)
- Approval
- Approval Authority
- Approval Document
- APT (Acquisition, pointing and tracking)
- AQAP (Allied quality assurance publication)
- Area of Origin
- AS (Associated support)
- ASA (Ammunition supply activity)
- ASC5 (area support commander)
- ASOC1 (air support operations centre)
- ASOG (air support operations group)
- ASOS (air support operations squadron)
- ASP (Ammunition supply point)
- ASR1 (Alliance standardization requirement)
- ASS (Aviation support ship)
- Assignment of contracts
- Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM)
- Assistant Deputy Minister of the Acquisitions Program (ADM/AP)
- ASSU (Air support signals unit)
- ATLS (Advanced trauma life support)
- Audit
- Audit Findings
- Auditor General
- Auditor General Act
- Authority to reject a bid/offer/arrangement
- Automated Buyer Environment (ABE)
- Award (Contract Award)
- AWSM (Acoustic warfare support measures)
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- Background Information
- Bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency
- Basic Contracting Limits
- Basis of Payment
- Basis of Payment (BOP)
- Basis of Payment Terms
- Basis of Selection
- Basis of Selection (BOS)
- BCF (budget control figure)
- Benefit to Canada Criteria
- Bid Challenge Mechanism
- Bid Closing Location and Time
- Bid evaluation
- Bid Evaluation Criteria
- Bid Protest
- Bid Rectification
- Bid rigging/collusion/fraud
- Bid security (financial)
- Bid Solicitation
- Bid solicitation documents
- Bid Validity Period
- Bid Validity Period Extension
- Bidder Debriefing
- Bidder Performance Evaluation
- Bidders' conference
- Bidders' Conferences
- Bidding Period
- Bidding Process
- BISE (Balkans intelligence support element)
- BM2 (battlefield maintenance)
- BNC (bureau national de codification)
- BNF (besoin net de financement Note : administrations publiques.)
- BOM (bill of material)
- BOSC (base operating support cost)
- BSA (brigade support area)
- BUDFIN (budget and finance)
- Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP)
- Business Analytics Services Directorate (BASD)
- Buyandsell.gc.ca
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- C-SPT (commander for support)
- CA3 (contract authority)
- CAAT (computer-assisted audit technique)
- CAC (Contract Awards Committee)
- CADIMS (Coordinated Air Defence in Mutual Support)
- Call-Up
- CALS (continuous acquisition and life cycle support)
- Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
- Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) - Security Requirements
- Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
- Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (UK TCA)
- Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA)
- Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA)
- CanadaBuys
- Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC)
- Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC)
- Canadian Content Certification
- Canadian Content Policy (CCP)
- Canadian Content Requirements
- Canadian Controlled Entity
- Canadian Controlled Private Corporation (CCPC)
- Canadian Electrical Code, Part 1 (CSA C22.1)
- Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
- Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB)
- Canadian goods
- Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program (CICP)
- Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
- Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) Complaint
- Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) Inquiry
- Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) Jurisdiction
- Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) Procurement Inquiry
- Canadian services
- Canadian Value Proposition (CVP)
- Canceling and reissuing a solicitation
- CAS (close air support)
- Cash Flow Actual versus Contracted Cash Flow
- Category Management Team
- Category Management Teams
- Category Reviewer
- CBC1 (Civil Budget Committee)
- CBM1 (Comité du budget militaire)
- CCB2 (Configuration Control Board)
- CCP3 (configuration change proposal)
- CCST (corps combat support troops)
- CDOS (combat day of supply)
- CDRL (Contract Data Requirements List)
- Ceiling Prices
- CEP1 (circular error probable)
- CEP2 (civil emergency planning)
- CEP3 (communications equipment programme)
- Certificate of Indigenous Business
- Certification
- Certification Program List (CPL)
- Certifications (Canadian Government Procurement)
- Certifications and Additional Information
- Certifications and Additional Information Form
- Certifications and Attestations
- Certify and Process Payments
- CETA (Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement)
- Challenge Function
- Change Control
- Changes to the solicitation
- CIDCAS (combat identification close air support)
- CIFS (close-in fire support)
- CITT (Canadian International Trade Tribunal)
- CITT Procurement Review
- Claims for Payment
- Clarifications
- CLD (Communications and Information Systems Logistics Depot)
- Client Departments and Agencies
- Close Out Contract
- Closing Date
- Closing procedures
- CLS (contractor logistic support)
- CM2 (configuration management)
- CMF (conceptual military framework)
- CMO3 (configuration management office configuration management organization)
- CMP (Configuration Management Plan)
- CMSG (Configuration Management Steering Group)
- Co-Operative Logistics (COLOG)
- COCOMO (constructive cost model)
- Code of Conduct (Sole Source of Supply)
- COEA (cost and operational effectiveness analysis)
- COMLOGSITREP (communications logistic situation report)
- Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS)
- Commercial Pricing
- Commercially Available Off-the-Shelf (COTS)
- Communications before contract award
- Communications during the solicitation period
- Company Security Officer (CSO)
- Competitive Bidding Exception
- Competitive contracting process
- Competitive Process
- Competitive procurement
- Competitive Requirement
- Competitive Standing Offer
- Complexity Code
- Complexity Level
- Complexity Level 1
- Complexity Level 2
- Complexity Level 3 Procurements
- Complexity Level 4 Procurements
- Complexity Level 5 Procurements
- Complexity Levels
- Compliance
- Compliance with the Ineligibility and Suspension Policy Clauses
- Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
- Comprehensive Evaluation Plan (CEP)
- Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement (CLCA)
- Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement (CLCA) Benefit
- Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement (CLCA) Benefits
- Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements (CLCAs)
- COMSTRIKFORSOUTH (Commander Naval Striking and Support Forces Southern Europe)
- Conditional Limitation (Conditionally Limited)
- Conditional Set-Aside
- Conditional Set-Aside Under PSIB
- Conditionally Limited
- Conditions of the Resulting Contract
- Conditions of Use
- Confidentiality of bids
- Confirming Order
- Confirming Orders
- Conflict of Interest
- Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Declaration
- Conflict of Interest Declaration
- Consignee
- Construction
- Consultation Process
- Consulting Services Regarding Matters of a Confidential Nature
- Contacting suppliers directly during the solicitation period
- Contingency Costs
- Contract
- Contract Administration
- Contract Amendment
- Contract Amendment Request (CAR)
- Contract Award Notice
- Contract Cash Phasing/Cash Flow
- Contract Clause
- Contract Close-out
- Contract dispute resolution
- Contract Fee Limit Policy
- Contract for default (Termination for Default)
- Contract History Letter
- Contract Line Item Number (CLIN)
- Contract management
- Contract Modification
- Contract Monitoring
- Contract performance
- Contract Performance Guarantees
- Contract performance incentives
- Contract Planning & Advance Approval (CPAA)
- Contract Planning and Advance Approval (CPAA)
- Contract Progress Review Meetings with Contractor
- Contract provisions
- Contract Risk Management
- Contract Scope
- Contract security
- Contract Security Program (CSP)
- Contract Security Requirements
- Contract with Task Authorizations
- Contracting
- Contracting Approach
- Contracting authorities
- Contracting Authority Delegation
- Contracting Authority Limitations
- Contracting officer
- Contracting Officer
- Contracting Policy Notice (CPN)
- Contracting Policy Notices (CPNs)
- Contractor
- Contractor Controlled Insurance (Contractor-Controlled Insurance Program, CCIP)
- Contractor Liability
- Contracts
- Contracts for Legal Services
- Contracts Settlement Board (CSB)
- Contracts with Task Authorizations
- Contractual Debriefing
- Contractual Evaluation
- Contractual Issues
- Contractual Options for Ownership of Intellectual Property
- Contractual Risk Assessment
- Contractual Risks
- Contractual transfer for risk control
- Contributing (C)
- Controlled goods
- Controlled Goods Program (CGP)
- Controlled Goods Program (CGP) Registration
- Copyright
- CORCAN
- Corporate Acquisition Cards
- Correspondence
- Cost Estimate
- Cost reimbursable contracts
- Cost submissions standards for cost reimbursable contracts
- Cost-Based Pricing Principles
- Cost-Plus Contract
- Cost-Reimbursement Contract
- CPSE (corps PSYOPs support element)
- Credible evidence
- Criteria for Assessment
- Crown Copyright and IP Assignment
- CS2 (combat support)
- CS3 (NCS (obsolete – désuet) Committee for Standardization NATO Committee for Standardization (obsolete))
- CSF1 (central supply facility)
- CSH (combat support helicopter)
- CSREP (Committee for Standardization Representative)
- CSREPs (Committee for Standardization Representatives)
- CSS (combat service support)
- CSSV (combat service support vehicle)
- CSTP (NCSTP (obsolete - désuet) Committee for Standardization Terminology Panel)
- CSU2 (CIMIC support unit)
- CSWS (corps support weapon system)
- Customs Tariff
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- DASC (direct air support centre)
- Debrief Unsuccessful Bidders
- Debriefing
- Debriefing Request
- Debriefing Rights
- Default by the Offeror
- Defence Contract
- Defence Procurement Strategy (DPS)
- Defence Production Act
- Defence Production Revolving Fund (DPRF)
- Definition of Requirements
- Deliverables
- Delivery
- Delivery Schedule
- Department of National Defence (DND)
- Department of National Defence Qualified Products Lists
- Department of Public Works and Government Services Act
- Departmental Oversight Branch (DOB)
- Development (Capability Development)
- Direct Allocation of Contracts
- Directed Contract
- Directive
- Directive on Low Value Procurement
- Directive on the Management of Procurement
- Disadvantages of Standing Offers
- Discretionary audit clauses
- Discretionary Audits
- Disposal
- Distribution of solicitation material to invited suppliers
- DLM (depot-level maintenance)
- DND (Department of National Defence)
- Documentation
- DOS1 (day of supply)
- DS3 (direct support)
- DSA1 (detailed support arrangement)
- DSG2 (divisional support group)
- DSS1 (decision support system)
- DST2 (direct support team)
- Duty to Consult and Accommodate
- Duty to Consult and Accommodate Aboriginal Peoples
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- e-Purchasing
- e-SRCL (electronic Security Requirements Check List)
- EA5 (evolutionary acquisition)
- Early Engagement
- Earned Value
- Electronic Bid Submission
- Electronic Bid Submission (EBS)
- Electronic Bid Submission Deadline
- Electronic Bidding
- Electronic Bidding (e-Bidding)
- Electronic Bidding (e-procurement)
- Electronic Bidding (ePost Connect)
- Electronic Bidding Service (EBS)
- Electronic Bidding System (EBS)
- Electronic Procurement Solution (EPS)
- Eligible Suppliers
- ELSS (Emergency Life Support Stores)
- Emergency Contracting
- Emergency contracting limits
- Emergency Contracts
- Emergency Requirements
- Employer-Employee Relationship
- Employer-Employee Relationships
- Energy and Resource Efficiency
- Enforce Warranty
- Environmental Attributes of the Supplier
- Environmental Certification
- Environmental Factors
- Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
- Environmental performance opportunities
- Environmentally preferable packaging
- EOSM (electro-optical support measures)
- ESM2 (electronic warfare support measures)
- EST (emergency support team)
- Estimated expenditure
- Evaluated Bid Price
- Evaluating joint venture bids
- Evaluating the bids
- Evaluation and award
- Evaluation and Selecting the Contractor
- Evaluation Criteria
- Evaluation Criteria Weighting
- Evaluation Grid
- Evaluation Methodology
- Evaluation procedures
- Evaluation report
- EWMS2 (electronic warfare mutual support)
- EWOS (electronic warfare operational support)
- EWS (emergency water supply)
- Exceptional Contracting Limits
- Exceptionally Advantageous Conditions
- Excluded Material
- Exclusive Rights
- Exercising options
- Extending the bid validity period
- Extreme urgency provision
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- Factors for determining similarity of offences
- Fair and Reasonable Price
- Fair wages
- Fairness Monitor
- Fairness Monitor Report
- Fairness monitoring
- Fairness Monitoring Coverage Assessment
- Fairness Monitoring Coverage Assessment and Recommendation Form
- Fairness Monitoring Program (FMP)
- Fairness Monitors
- Fairness, Openness, and Transparency
- FASC (forward air support centre)
- FCA (functional configuration audit)
- FD2 (framework document)
- Federal Accountability Act
- Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
- Federal Contractors Program (FCP) Certification
- Fee Abatement
- Fee Abatement Formula
- Field Failure
- File close-out documentation
- Final Contract Audit
- Final Payment and Amendment
- Final payments
- Financial Administration Act (FAA)
- Financial capability
- Financial Capability Assessment
- Financial Capacity Evaluation
- Financial Compensation
- Financial Evaluation
- Financial evaluation of bids
- Financial evaluation of bids/offers/arrangements
- Financial Limit (Established Financial Limit, EFL)
- Financial Limits
- Financial Security
- Financial security and contractor difficulties
- Financial Security Clause
- Financial security issues related to terminations
- Financial Security Requirement
- Financial Security Requirements
- Findings or Withhold Release Orders
- Fixed-Price Contract
- FLC (force logistic coordinator)
- FLE (forward logistics element)
- FLS2 (forward logistic site)
- FMC (framework multinational corps)
- FMR2 (forward maintenance and repair)
- Forced Labour
- Forced Labour Prohibition
- Foreground Information
- Foreground Intellectual Property
- Foreign Military Sales (FMS)
- Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program
- Foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI)
- Formal Procurement Plan
- Former Public Servants
- Forms Catalogue
- FRMB (Fundamental Review of the Military Budget)
- FS1 (field support)
- FS2 (fire support)
- FSA2 (fire support area)
- FSA3 (forward support area)
- FSB3 (forward support base)
- FSC1 (FSCOORD (deprecated – déconseillé) fire support coordination)
- FSCC (fire support coordination centre / supporting arms coordination centre)
- FSCL (fire support coordination line)
- FSCM (fire support coordination measure)
- FSE (fire support element)
- FSF (forward support facility)
- FSG (forward support group)
- FSO (fire support officer)
- FSP (forward supply point)
- FSS (forward support site)
- FSSL (fire support safety line)
- Funding
G (35)
- GCdocs
- General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule
- GETS (Government Electronic Tendering Service)
- GETS (Government Electronic Tendering Service)
- GETS (Government Electronic Tendering Service)
- GLC (group logistic coordinator)
- Go-Ahead Letter
- Goods and Services
- Goods and Services Identification Number (GSIN)
- Goods and Services Tax (GST)
- Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST)
- Government Contracts Regulations (GCRs)
- Government Controlled Insurance
- Government Electronic Tendering Service (GETS)
- Government Furnished Resources (GFR)
- Government of Canada
- Government Quality Assurance (GQA)
- Government Security Screening
- Government specified insurance
- Government-furnished Equipment (GFE)
- GQA (Government Quality Assurance)
- Green procurement
- Green procurement plan
- Green procurement requirements
- Green procurement strategy
- Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Target-Setting
- GS2 (general support)
- GS3 (general support, Note: Artillery)
- GS6 (ground support)
- GSE2 (ground support equipment)
- GSIN (Goods and Services Identification Number)
- GSS1 (ground support system)
- Guidance Document: Taking Privacy Into Account Before Making Contracting Decisions
- Guidelines on electronic file documentation for procurement
- Guiding Principles
H (10)
- Handling questions during the solicitation period
- Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)
- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
- Hazardous Replacement
- HAZMAT (hazardous material)
- HIPAR (high-power acquisition radar)
- HNS (host-nation support)
- HNSA (host-nation support agreement)
- HQ (Headquarters)
- Human trafficking offence
I (60)
- I&I (Interoperability and Integration)
- IAPC (International Auditing Practices Committee)
- IBAN (IBA (admitted – toléré) International Board of Auditors for NATO)
- IBS (industrial benefits sharing)
- ICB (international call for tenders)
- ICB (International Competitive Bidding)
- Identical low bids: Best value
- IFIB (invitation for international bidding)
- IFS1 (indirect fire support)
- IGSS (interim geographic support system)
- ILS2 (integrated logistic support)
- ILSP (Integrated Logistics Support Plan)
- Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
- Indemnification
- Indigenous Business
- Indigenous Business (IB)
- Indigenous Business Definition
- Indigenous Business Set-Aside
- Indigenous Business Set-Aside (IBSA)
- Indigenous Considerations
- Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) Verification
- Industrial and Regional Benefits (IRB)
- Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB)
- Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) Policy
- Industrial Benefits (IBs)
- Industrial Capability
- Industrial Regional Benefits (IRBs)
- Industry analysis
- Ineligibility and Suspension List
- Ineligibility and Suspension Policy
- Ineligibility and Suspension Policy Clauses
- Informatics Professional Services
- Information management and documentation policy
- Inspection authority
- Insurance transfer
- Integrated Team Approach
- Integrity
- Integrity Compliance
- Integrity Provisions
- Integrity Provisions and Ineligibility
- Integrity Regime
- Integrity Regime Declaration
- Integrity Regime Declarations
- Integrity verification response
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property (IP) Foreground vs. Background
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Interdepartmental Agreements
- International Trade Agreements
- Invitation to Tender (ITT)
- Invoke Warranty
- IO2 (interoperability objective)
- IPAR (improved pulse acquisition radar)
- IPC1 (Industrial Planning Committee)
- IPR1 (industrial property rights)
- ISA1 (integrated support area)
- ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
- ISO 9001 (ISO 9000 Quality Management Systems)
- ISSC (Integrated System Support Centre)
- Item-by-item basis
J (20)
- JAAWSC (joint anti-air warfare support and coordination Note: JAAWCS communication net.)
- JDISS (joint deployable intelligence support system)
- JHNSP (joint host nation support plan)
- JISE (joint intelligence support element)
- JLC (joint logistic command)
- JLOC (joint logistic operations centre)
- JLP (joint logistic plan)
- JLPG (Joint Logistic Planning Group)
- Joint Certification Program (JCP)
- Joint Indigenous and Non-Indigenous (JINI) Venture
- Joint Solution Procurement (JSP)
- Joint Venture Agreement
- Joint Venture Arrangement
- Joint Venture Authority (JVA)
- Joint Ventures and Partnerships Disclosure
- JSP (joint support plan)
- Jurisdiction
- Justification for the Pre-Identified Supplier
- Justification Form
- JWID (Joint Warrior interoperability demonstration)
L (67)
- LAR (local acquisition radar)
- LC (SNLC (obsolete - désuet) Logistics Committee)
- LCC3 (life cycle cost)
- LCC5 (logistics coordination centre)
- LCE (latest cost estimate)
- LCL (local contract linguist)
- Lead (L)
- Lead Department
- Legal framework of contracting
- Legal Opinions
- Legal Services
- Lessons Learned (LL)
- LEST (Law-Enforcement Support Team Note: Dayton Agreement.)
- Letter of Credit
- Letter of Intent (LOI)
- Letter of Interest (LOI)
- Letter of Interest (LOI) Phase
- Letters of Interest (LOI)
- Letters of Interest (LOIs)
- License Agreement
- License Agreements
- Life Cycle Cost (LCC)
- Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
- Limitation of Expenditure
- Limitation of liability
- Limitation of Liability (LOL)
- Limitation of Liability Clause
- Limited Tendering
- Limited Tendering Report
- Line Item
- Liquidated Damages
- Listing Programs
- LLN (logistics lead nation)
- LLS (low-level support)
- LOCPOD (low-cost powered dispenser)
- LOGASREQ (logistic assistance request)
- LOGASSESSREP (logistic assessment report)
- LOGDEF (LOGDEFICIENCY (deprecated – déconseillé) logistic deficiency)
- LOGDEPLAND (logistic depot report, land forces)
- LOGEX (logistic exercise)
- LOGFAS (logistic functional area services)
- LOGREQ1 (logistic request)
- LOGREQ2 (logistic requirement)
- LOGSITLAND (logistic situation report, land forces)
- LOGSITREP (logistic situation report)
- LOGSTAR (logistic status report)
- LOGSUMREP (logistic summary report)
- LOGSURPLUS (logistic surplus)
- LoI (level of interoperability)
- LOPAR (low-power acquisition radar)
- Loss Avoidance
- Loss Prevention
- Loss Reduction
- LOTS (logistics over the shore)
- Low dollar value (LDV) procurements
- Lowest Compliant Bid
- LPAC (Logistics Planning Advisory Committee)
- LRC (logistic readiness centre)
- LRSN (logistic role specialist nation)
- LSA (logistic support analysis)
- LSB (logistic support base)
- LSD2 (logistic support detachment)
- LSE (logistic support element)
- LSP (logistic support plan)
- LSS (logistic support site)
- LTC2 (long-term costing)
- Lump Sum Payment Period
M (70)
- Maintenance
- Major Crown Project (MCP)
- Major Crown Projects
- Major Projects
- Managing Urgent Acquisitions
- Mandatory Bid Criteria
- Mandatory Criteria
- Mandatory Criteria (M-Criteria)
- Mandatory Criteria Compliance
- Mandatory Criteria Compliance Matrix
- Mandatory Criteria Verification
- Mandatory Criteria vs. Point-Rated Criteria
- Mandatory Requirement
- Mandatory Requirement (M)
- Mandatory Requirements (M-Requirements)
- Mandatory Requirements (M)
- Mandatory Requirements Matrix
- Mandatory Site Visit
- Mandatory Site Visit or Pre-Bid Meeting
- Mandatory Standing Offer (MSO)
- Mandatory Standing Offers
- Mandatory Versus Point-Rated Criteria
- Mandatory vs. Point-Rated Criteria
- Manufacturing Rights
- Market Based Pricing
- MASS2 (maritime air surveillance support)
- MATCONOFF (materiel control officer)
- Material Change
- Material Change in Circumstances
- Material Deviation or Irregularity
- Materiel Acquisition and Support Program (MA&S)
- Matrix of Responsibilities
- MB (military budget)
- MBC (Military Budget Committee)
- MBPRB (Military Budget Priority Review Board)
- MCASB (Military Committee Air Standardization Board)
- MCCS (mine countermeasures command and support ship)
- MCJSB (Military Committee Joint Standardization Board)
- MCLSB (Military Committee Land Standardization Board)
- MCSB (Military Committee standardization board)
- MCSF (multinational cryptologic support facility)
- MCTSP (Military Committee Terminology Standardization Programme)
- MEDHNS (medical host nation support)
- MEDSUPLAN (medical supply plan)
- Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
- Methods of Solicitation
- Methods of Supply
- MH1 (materials handling)
- MHE (material handling equipment)
- Military Off-The-Shelf (MOTS)
- Minimum Canadian Content Requirements
- Minimum Essential Requirements (MERs)
- Ministerial Approval
- Minutes
- MJLC1 (multinational joint logistic centre)
- MJLC2 (multinational joint logistic commander)
- MLB (multinational logistics base)
- MLSB (multinational logistic support base)
- MNLC(A) (multinational logistic centre (air))
- MNLC(L) (multinational logistic centre (land))
- MNLC(M) (multinational logistic centre (maritime))
- MNLC1 (maritime NATO logistic concept)
- MNSE (multinational support element)
- Modern Treaties
- Modification and withdrawal of bids
- Monitor Work of the Contractor
- Monitoring and Oversight
- MSA2 (mutual support agreement)
- MSR1 (main supply route)
- MSTAR (moving and stationary target acquisition and recognition)
N (65)
- NAHEMA (NATO Helicopter for the 1990s Design and Development, Production and Logistics Management Agency)
- NALSS (naval advanced logistic support site)
- NAMEADSMA (NATO Medium Extended Air Defence System Design and Development, Production and Logistics Management Agency)
- NAMEADSMO (NATO Medium Extended Air Defence System Design and Development, Production and Logistics Management Organization)
- NAMSA (NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency)
- NAMSO (NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization)
- NASP (NATO ammunition supply point)
- National Master Standing Offer (NMSO)
- National Security Exception (NSE)
- National Security Exception (NSE) Criteria
- National Security Exceptions (NSE)
- National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking (2019-2024)
- NATO Stock Number (NSN)
- NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)
- NCB1 (national codification bureau)
- NCCB (NATO centralized communications and information systems budget)
- NCS1 (NATO codification system)
- NDMAA (NATO Defence Manpower Audit Authority)
- NDSS (NATO Depot Support System)
- Negotiated Pricing
- Negotiations
- NES (NATO electronic warfare support measures system)
- NESS (NATO electronic warfare support measures and strike system)
- Net-Zero Challenge
- NETMA (NATO EF 2000 and Tornado Development, Production and Logistics Management Agency)
- New Standards, Specifications or Listings
- NFLS (naval forward logistic site)
- NGS (naval gunfire support)
- NIAG (NATO Industrial Advisory Group)
- NLSC (national logistics support command)
- NMC1 (NATO Manual on Codification)
- NNCC (NATO network control centre)
- No responsive bids
- NOIS (NATO operational interoperability standard)
- Non-competitive Contracting Process
- Non-competitive contracting process overview
- Non-competitive emergency contract
- Non-Competitive Process
- Non-Competitive Procurement
- Non-Competitive Standing Offer
- Non-Conformance
- Non-responsive bid
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - Status of Forces Agreement
- Notes to file
- Notice of Planned Procurement
- Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP)
- Notice to the bidder/offeror/supplier
- NPIS (NATO procedural interoperability standard)
- NPLO (NATO production and logistics organization)
- NQAA (National Quality Assurance Authority)
- NSA2 (NATO Standardization Agency)
- NSCC2 (NATO supply classification code)
- NSDD (NATO Standardization Document Database)
- NSE1 (NATO Communication and Information Systems Operating and Support Agency Support Element)
- NSE2 (national support element)
- NSG (national support group)
- NSLB (NATO Standardization Liaison Board)
- NSN (NATO stock number)
- NSO2 (NATO Standardization Organization)
- NSP1 (NATO Standardization Programme)
- NSSE (non-standard support equipment)
- NSSG (NATO Standardization Staff Group)
- NSSN (NATO standard stock number)
- NTS1 (NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency transportation system)
O (20)
- OAS (offensive air support)
- Offeror
- Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME)
- Office of Supplier Integrity and Compliance (OSIC)
- Official Languages Act (OLA)
- OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series 18001)
- On Site Waste Management
- One responsive bid
- Open (Open Tendering)
- Open Tendering
- Operational Costs
- Optional Site Visit
- Optional Use Standing Offer
- Options-to-Purchase
- Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
- OSA1 (operational support aircraft)
- OSA2 (operational support airlift)
- OSA3 (operational support authority)
- OSS2 (operational support system)
- OST2 (operational support team)
P (111)
- Packaging
- PAR4 (pulse acquisition radar)
- Part Files
- Past Performance Reference Check
- Patent Act
- Patents, Licensing, Royalties, and Technology Transfer
- Payment Authority
- Payment Provisions
- Pension
- Performance Bond
- Performance Standards
- Performance Testing
- Performance Work Statement (PWS)
- Performance-Based Contracting
- Period of the Proposed Contract
- Permanent List of Prequalified Suppliers
- Personal information
- Phased Delivery
- PM3 (preventive maintenance)
- PMF (political-military framework)
- Point Rated Criteria
- Point Rated Evaluation Criteria
- Point-Rated Criteria
- Policy Notification (PN)
- Policy on Green Procurement
- POMCUS (prepositioned organizational materiel configured in unit sets)
- POMSS (prepositioned organizational materiel storage site)
- Post-delivery Appraisals
- PPRB (Project and Priority Review Board Note: Military Budget Committee.)
- Pre-identified Supplier
- Pre-Qualification Process
- Pre-Qualification System
- Pre-Qualified Supplier List
- Pre-solicitation
- Predefined Types of Pricing Basis
- Prequalification
- Prequalification of Suppliers
- Prequalification System
- Pressing emergency
- Price and Availability (P&A)
- Price and Availability Enquiries (P&A)
- Price Substantiation
- Price Support
- Pricing Strategy
- Privacy protection
- Proactive Disclosure
- Proactive Disclosure of Contracts
- PROC (Product, Resource, Operating and Contingent)
- Procedural fairness
- Procedural Obligations
- Procure to Pay (P2P)
- Procure to Pay (P2P) Cycle
- Procurement
- Procurement Assistance Canada (PAC)
- Procurement Business Number (PBN)
- Procurement Complexity Assessment
- Procurement Complexity Levels
- Procurement file
- Procurement files
- Procurement Framework
- Procurement Information
- Procurement Instrument
- Procurement Integrity Regime
- Procurement Nuggets
- Procurement Officer
- Procurement Ombudsman
- Procurement Ombudsman Investigation
- Procurement Ombudsman Review
- Procurement Plan
- Procurement process
- Procurement reporting
- Procurement Representatives (Procurement Officer Representative, POR)
- Procurement review
- Procurement Review Committee (PRC)
- Procurement Risk Assessment (PRA)
- Procurement Risk Assessment (PRA)
- Procurement Schedule
- Procurement strategy
- Procurement strategy development
- Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB)
- Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB)
- Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Businesses (PSIB)
- Procuring Entity
- Procuring Entity Authority Limitations
- Professional Designation
- Professional Services
- Professional Services Contract (PS)
- Program Management Board
- Progress Review Meetings (PRMs)
- Project approvals
- Project Director (PD)
- Project Management Plan (PMP)
- Project Manager
- Proponent's Conference
- ProServices
- ProServices Method of Supply
- Protected B
- Prototypes and Product Demonstrations
- Province or Territory of Origin
- Provisional price
- PSF (peace support force)
- PSO1 (peace support operation)
- Public Interest
- Public Interest Exception (PIE)
- Public Interest Exceptions (PIE)
- Public opening
- Public Procurement
- Public Service Employment Act (PSEA)
- Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)
- Public-Private Partnership (P3) procurements
- PWGSC (Public Works and Government Services Canada)
Q (16)
- QA (quality assurance)
- QIP (Quadrilateral Interoperability Programme)
- Qualification criteria
- Qualification Maintenance
- Qualification Program List (QPL)
- Qualified Products List (QPL)
- Qualified Products Lists (QPL)
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Assurance Plan
- Quality Assurance Services
- Quality Assurance Support Programs
- Quality Assurance Verification
- Quality Control and Inspection System Standards
- Quality Control/Inspection Systems
- Quality Management Systems (QMS)
- Quality standard
R (78)
- RAM1 (radar absorbent material)
- Rated Criteria
- Rated Criteria (R Criteria)
- Rated Requirement
- Rated Requirement (R)
- Rated Requirements
- Rated Requirements Evaluation Grid
- Ratification
- Ratification by Treasury Board
- RE/RE (reinforcement/resupply)
- Real Property Contracting
- Reasonable Grounds
- Reasonable Overhead Costs
- Receipt of bids/offers/arrangements
- Record of Agreement
- RECS (radio-electronic combat support)
- Rectification Period
- Recycled Content
- Registrar of Ineligibility and Suspension
- Regret Letter
- Regret Letter Process
- Regulatory Considerations
- Rejection of bids/offers/arrangements
- Reliability Status
- Repair and Overhaul (R&O)
- Representations
- Request for Information (RFI)
- Request for Proposal (RFP)
- Request for Standing Offer (RFSO)
- Request for Standing Offer (RFSO)
- Request for Supply Arrangement (RFSA)
- Request for X (RFx)
- Requests for Information (RFIs)
- Requirements definition
- Requirements/Technical Work Group Meetings
- Requisition Approval
- Requisition Checklist
- Requisition for Goods and Services and Construction
- Requisition receipt
- Research and Development (R&D)
- Residual Risk
- Resource Assessment Worksheets
- Responsibility Matrix
- Responsive Bids
- Restricted Commodities
- Resultant Contract
- Resultant Contract Clauses
- Retention Holdback
- Retirement Waiting Period
- Return for Disassembly and Recycling
- Review
- Revised procurement plan
- Revised World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP)
- RIB (Resource Integration Board Note: Military Budget Committee.)
- Right of First Refusal
- Right of First Refusal (ROFR)
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Control
- Risk financing
- Risk Management Advisory Services (RMAS)
- Risk Management Process
- Risk Mitigation
- Risk Response
- Risk Statement
- Risk-Based Decision-Making
- Role of the contracting officer
- ROS (report of survey Note: Budget and finance.)
- Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM)
- Royalties
- Royalty Payments
- RSA (rear support area)
- RSC1 (rear support command)
- RSCC1 (rear support coordination centre)
- RSCC2 (refugee support coordination centre)
- RSG1 (rear support group)
- RSPL (recommended spare parts list)
- RSR (required supply rate)
- RSTA (reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition)
S (126)
- SACC (fire support coordination centre supporting arms coordination centre)
- SACC (Standard Acquisition Clauses and Conditions)
- SACC (Standard Acquisition Clauses and Conditions)
- SACC Manual (Standard Acquisition Clauses and Conditions Manual)
- SACC Manual (Standard Acquisition Clauses and Conditions)
- SACEX (supporting arms coordination exercise)
- SAI (supreme audit institutions)
- SAL2 (support airlift)
- Salient Characteristics
- Salient Characteristics Approach
- SAP-Ariba Integration
- SASO (stability and support operation)
- SASP (special ammunition supply point)
- Savoir-Faire
- Schedule Compliance
- SCIP (secure communications interoperability protocol)
- SCMF (SACEUR's conceptual military framework)
- SDMP (software development and maintenance procedure)
- SDOS (standard day of supply)
- Secure handling of bids/offers/arrangements
- Security and General Exceptions
- Security Clauses
- Security Clearance
- Security Clearance Level Requirement
- Security Clearance Levels
- Security Clearance Pre-Screening
- Security Clearance Requirements
- Security Clearance Requirements (Personnel and Facility)
- Security in Contracts
- Security in solicitations
- Security Marking
- Security Requirement
- Security Requirements Check List (SRCL)
- Security Screening
- Security Screening and Clearances
- Security Screening Requirements
- SELECT (PSPC Supplier Rotation Database)
- Selecting the successful bidder
- Selective Tendering
- Self-insured retention (SIR)
- Senior Project Advisory Committee (SPAC)
- Senior Review Board (SRB)
- Separation of Duties
- Service Order
- Set-Aside Under PSIB (Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business)
- Ship Repair, Refit, and Modernization
- Shipbuilding, Repair, Refit and Modernization Policy
- SILCEP (security investment, logistics and civil emergency planning)
- Single Point of Contact (SPOC)
- Site Visit
- SLP1 (standardized language proficiency)
- SLP2 (standardized language profile)
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SMDC (Software Maintenance and Development Centre)
- SNOWCAT (support of nuclear operations with conventional air tactics)
- SOCMET (smoke and obscurant countermeasures materials evaluation test)
- Sole Source
- Sole Source Contract
- Sole Source Justification
- Sole-source procurement
- Solely Limited
- Solicitation
- Solicitation Documents
- Solicitation of Interest and Qualification (SOIQ)
- Solicitation period
- Solicitation process
- Solicitor-client privilege
- SOSTAR (stand-off surveillance and target acquisition radar)
- SOSTAS (stand-off surveillance and target acquisition system)
- SOTAS (stand-off target acquisition system)
- SP6 (supply point)
- Special procurements
- Specialized Services for Procurement Group (SSPG)
- SRB (Senior Resource Board Note: Military Budget Committee.)
- STA2 (surveillance and target acquisition)
- Staged Bid Evaluation
- STANAG (NATO standardization agreement)
- Standard Acquisition Clauses and Conditions (SACC)
- Standard Acquisition Clauses and Conditions Manual (SACC Manual)
- Standard Procurement Template
- Standards and Quality Assurance
- Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
- Standards Development Organization (SDO)
- Standards, specifications and purchase descriptions
- Standing Offer
- Standing Offer Agreement (SOA)
- Standing Offer and Supply Arrangement Application (SOSA App)
- Standing offer method of supply
- Standing offers
- Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements (SOs/SAs)
- Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements Application (SOSA App)
- Standing Offers/Supply Arrangements
- Statement of Capabilities
- Statement of Capability Deficiency (SCD)
- Statement of cost accounting practices
- Statement of Requirement (SOR)
- Statement of Requirements (SOR)
- Statement of Work (SoW)
- Statutes and regulations
- Stop work orders
- Strategic Policy Interpretation Centre of Expertise
- STRIKFORSOUTH (SFS (admitted – toléré) Allied Naval Striking and Support Forces Southern Europe)
- Sub-activity description
- Subcontracting
- Subcontractor
- SUPPLAN (SUPLAN (deprecated – déconseillé) support plan)
- Supplier
- Supplier Financial Capacity Evaluation
- Supplier Quality System
- Supplier Registration Information (SRI)
- Supplier Registration Number (SRN)
- Supplier Selection
- Supply Arrangement
- Supply Arrangement Authority (SAA)
- Supply Arrangement Holder
- Supply arrangement method of supply
- Supply Arrangements
- Supply Chain Security
- Supply Chain Security Assessment
- Supply Manual
- Supply Manual Amendments
- Supply Manual Archive
- Suspension or Cancellation of Supply Arrangement
- Synopsis Sheet (SSID)
T (49)
- TACE (type "A" cost estimate)
- Tariff Classification
- Task and Solutions Professional Services (TSPS)
- Task Authorization (TA)
- Task Authorization Ceiling
- Task Authorizations (TA)
- Task-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS)
- TASLO (tactical air support for land operations)
- TASMO (tactical air support for maritime operations)
- TBCE (type "B" cost estimate)
- TCCE (type "C" cost estimate)
- Technical Acceptance Criteria
- Technical and Quality of the Deliverables
- Technical Assistance
- Technical Assistance Agreements (TAAs)
- Technical Authority
- Technical Bid Evaluation Plan (TBEP)
- Technical Data
- Technical Evaluation
- Technical Evaluation Criteria
- Technical evaluation of bids
- Technological Benefit (ITB) Requirement
- Termination for Default
- TIC2 (toxic industrial chemical)
- TIH (toxic industrial hazard)
- Total Estimated Cost
- Total Estimated Value
- Trade Agreement
- Trade Agreement Threshold
- Trade Agreement Thresholds
- Trade Agreement Thresholds Compliance
- Trade Agreements
- Trade Agreements Tendering Approaches
- Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (TFTEA)
- Trade-ins
- Transparency
- Treasury Board (TB)
- Treasury Board Approval (TB Approval)
- Treasury Board Contracting Policy
- Treasury Board Contracting Policy (TBCP)
- Treasury Board Directive
- Treasury Board exceptional contracting limits
- Treasury Board Policy
- Treasury Board Secretariat Delegated Purchasing Authorities
- Treasury Board Secretariat Risk Management Policy
- Treasury Board submission
- Treasury Board Submission (TBS) Procurement Approval
- TST1 (Tactical Support Team)
- Two-Envelope Bid System
U (9)
- U.S. Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS)
- U.S. FMS (United States Foreign Military Sales)
- Unaffiliated Bidders
- Unforeseen contract amendments not pre-approved
- Unsatisfactory Condition Report/Complaints
- Urgent Acquisition
- Use of fairness monitors
- Use of source lists
- Use of Subject Matter Experts/Specialists
V (10)
- Value Proposition
- Vendor
- Vendor Performance Corrective Measure (VPCM)
- Vendor Performance Corrective Measure Policy (VPCMP)
- Vendor Performance Corrective Measures
- Verify Invoices
- Verifying compliance with security requirements
- Voluntary Bid Withdrawal Rights
- Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice
- Voluntary Set-Aside
W (14)
- Warehousing and Distribution
- Warranties
- Warranty Provisions
- Warranty Requirements
- WHNS (wartime host nation support)
- Withhold Release Orders (WROs)
- Work Allocation Process (WAP)
- Workforce Adjustment Directive (WFAD)
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
- World Trade Organization - Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
- Written representations
- WRSK (War Readiness Spares Kit)
- WSLC (weapon system life cycle)
- WTO-AGP (World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement)