| FBBS
and GSA Acronyms |
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|
| 1.
GSA/FSS/VA |
General
Services Administration/Federal Supply Service/Veteran's
Administration |
| 2.
IFF |
Industrial
Funding Fee - the quarterly .0075% of GSA sales rebate
contractors have to pay back to the federal schedule
program |
| 3.
EDI |
Electronic
Data Interchange - process for sending information since
1974 for computer-computer communication w/o human
intervention |
| 4.
CORS |
Contracting
Officer Review System - Internal GSA electronic computer
system used by GSA Contracting Officers to approve/reject
uploads to the GSA Advantage system |
| 5.
RFP/RFQ/RFI |
Request
for Proposal/Request for Quote,/Request for Information |
| 6.
FOIA |
Freedom
Of Information Act - (Foy Ya) |
| 7.
BPA |
Blanket
Purchase Agreement |
| 8.
FPR/BAFO |
Final
Proposal Revision Letter used to be named BAFO: Best and
Final Offer |
| 9.
FAR/FASA |
Federal
Acquisition Regulations/Federal Acquisition Streamlining
Act of 1994 |
| 10.
NAICS/SIC |
North
American Industrial Classification Code - replaces
SIC: Standard Industrial Classification code |
| 11.
FedBizOpps/CBD |
Federal
Business Opportunities, Government Web area/site,
-replaced CBD: Commerce Business Daily as the main
depository/db of RFQs and Awards |
| 12.
CSPC/MFC |
Commercial
Sales Practices Chart - Discount Disclosures you provide
to GSA, Most Favored Customer |
| 13.
VAN/VAS |
Value-Added-Network/Value-Added-Service
Provider |
| 14.
CCR TPP |
Central
Contractor Registration Trading Partner Profile |
| 15.
VSC |
Vendor
Support Center - GSA electronic and web interface helpdesk
telephone service |
| 16.
EC |
Electronic
Commerce - using the Internet/web for purchasing
/transactions |
| 17.
GPL/CPL |
Government
Pricelist/Commercial Pricelist |
| 18.
FBBS.FediVAS |
Federal
Bulletin Board & EDI Value-Added-Service (VAS)
Provider & Schedule Contract Assistance Group, Inc. |