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Some are GSA-specific in their usage. None of the definitions take precedence over laws, legislation, regulations, contracts, or specific interpretations or rulings.</em></p><p>This glossary defines many commonly used terms and initialisms but <strong>isn’t a full list.</strong> To request changes to terms on this list, or to suggest new terms be added, email <a href="mailto:digitalteam@gsa.gov?subject=">digitalteam@gsa.gov</a>.</p><div class="grid-row grid-gap-md" id="glossary"><div class="desktop:grid-col-6 mobile:grid-col-12" id="A-N"><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="number"></a>Numeric</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="10x" aria-expanded="false" type="button">10x</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="10x"><p>A GSA program to carry out projects that relate to how technology can improve the public’s experience with the government. Federal employee suggest projects, which GSA manages and staffs to turn the best ideas into the best government products and services — funded with fewer taxpayer dollars.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="8a" aria-expanded="false" type="button">8(a) Business Development program</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="8a"><p>An SBA program that helps provide a level playing field for small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged people or entities that meet the following eligibility requirements:</p><ul><li>Be a small business</li><li>Not already have participated in the 8(a) program</li><li>Be at least 51 percent owned and controlled by U.S. citizens who are economically and socially disadvantaged</li><li>Be owned by someone whose personal net worth is $750,000 or less.</li><li>Be owned by someone whose average adjusted gross income for three years is $350,000 or less</li><li>Be owned by someone with $6 million or less in assets</li><li>Have the owner manage day-to-day operations and also make long-term decisions</li><li>Have all its principals demonstrate good character</li><li>Show potential for success and be able to perform successfully on contracts</li></ul><p>See <a class="external_link" href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-13/chapter-I/part-124?toc=1">Title 13 Part 124 of the Code of Federal Regulations</a> for more information.</p></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="A"></a>A</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="above-standard" aria-expanded="false" type="button">above standard tenant improvements</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="above-standard"><p>In federally owned and leased locations, an agency’s rent covers the cost of core and shell (a building’s structure and common space amenities), and includes an allowance for tenant improvements to build out a space that meets their needs.</p><p>See a fact sheet about above standard TI.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="Alliant2" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Alliant 2</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="Alliant2"><p>A multiple-award <a href="#IDIQ">IDIQ</a> governmentwide acquisition contract offering complete and flexible IT solutions worldwide. A best-in-class <a href="#GWAC">GWAC</a> and preferred governmentwide solution, Alliant 2 offers:</p><ul><li>Artificial intelligence</li><li>Distributed ledger technology</li><li>Robotic process automation</li><li>Other types of emerging technologies</li></ul><p>It provides best-value IT solutions to federal agencies, while strengthening chances in federal contracting for small businesses through subcontracting.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="AFV" aria-expanded="false" type="button">alternative fuel vehicle (AFV)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="AFV"><p>A dedicated, flexible fuel, or dual-fuel vehicle designed to operate on at least one alternative fuel.</p></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="B"></a>B</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="BIL" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="BIL"><p>An investment in our nation’s infrastructure and competitiveness. The law provides funding for <a href="/node/139462#LPOE">LPOE</a> modernization projects that will create new good-paying jobs, bolster safety and security, and make our economy more resilient to supply chain challenges – all while serving as models for sustainability and innovation.</p></div></div><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="BPA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">blanket purchase agreement (BPA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="BPA"><p>An agreement established by a government buyer with a Multiple Award Schedule contractor to fill repetitive needs for supplies or services.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="BA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">budget activity (BA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="BA"><p>Types of funds to use on specific expenses.</p><ul><li>BA51 is for new construction</li><li>BA53 is for rental of space</li><li>BA54 is for repairs and alterations below the <a href="/node/88031">prospectus level</a></li><li>BA55 is for repairs and alterations above the <a href="/node/88031">prospectus level</a></li><li>BA61 is for operations, except salaries, cleaning, utilities, etc.</li></ul></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="build-out" aria-expanded="false" type="button">build-out</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="build-out"><p>The work done to make a structure or system ready for use or to bring a construction or development project to a completed state.</p></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="C"></a>C</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="category" aria-expanded="false" type="button">category</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="category"><p>Common areas of government spending to include:</p><ul><li>Facilities and construction</li><li>Professional services</li><li>Industrial products and services</li><li>IT</li><li>Medical</li><li>Office management</li><li>Human capital</li><li>Security and protection</li><li>Transportation and logistics</li><li>Travel</li></ul><p>Our Acquisition Gateway has <a class="external_link" href="https://acquisitiongateway.gov/category-management">annual spend data of these categories</a>.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="category-management" aria-expanded="false" type="button">category management</button></h2></div><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="category-management"><p>The business practice of buying common goods and services as an enterprise to eliminate redundancies, increase efficiency, and deliver more value and savings from the government’s acquisition programs.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="CEVI" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Center for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="CEVI"><p>A national program helps us tackle the challenge of providing <a href="/node/139462#EVSE">EVSE</a> to the newly electrified federal fleet. The CEVI is working closely with other GSA partners to develop our strategy so federal agency customers can acquire and install EVSE and infrastructure at our facilities.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="CPP" aria-expanded="false" type="button">City Pair Program (CPP)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="CPP"><p>Negotiated firm-fixed pricing on airline seats for official government travel. The locked-in ticket prices for the fiscal year save federal agencies time and money. Federal employees enjoy flexibility to change their plans without incurring penalties or additional costs. All negotiated rates have:</p><ul><li>Flexibility to book one-way, multi-leg, and round-trip tickets</li><li>Lenient refund policies</li><li>Ability to adjust or cancel flights at no additional cost</li><li>Unrestricted time limits on ticketing</li><li>No advance purchase requirements</li><li>No blackout periods</li></ul><p>Use the <a href="/node/87493">CPP search tool</a> to find current fares.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="COOP" aria-expanded="false" type="button">continuity of operations (COOP)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="COOP"><p>The initiative established under Presidential Policy Directive 40 that ensures that federal government departments and agencies are able to continue operation of their essential functions under a broad range of circumstances including all-hazard emergencies as well as natural, man-made, and technological threats and national security emergencies.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="contracting-officer" aria-expanded="false" type="button">contracting officer</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="contracting-officer"><p>An employee who negotiates and awards contracts with vendors and who has the sole authority to change, alter or modify a contract.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="co-working" aria-expanded="false" type="button">co-working space</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="co-working"><p>A space where individuals work independently or co-work collaboratively in a shared office. The work environment is similar to a typical office, usually inclusive of office equipment and amenities. Typical features of co-working facilities include work spaces, wireless internet, communal printer/copier/fax, shared kitchens, restrooms and open seating areas. May also be referred to as a “shared office.”</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="COTS" aria-expanded="false" type="button">commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="COTS"><p>A system that is bought from a commercial vendor to solve a particular problem, as opposed to one that a vendor custom builds.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="COR" aria-expanded="false" type="button">contracting officer’s representative (COR)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="COR"><p>An employee whose duties are to develop proper requirements and ensure contractors meet the commitments during contract administration, including the timeliness and delivery of quality goods and services as required by the contract.</p></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="D"></a>D</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="DPA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">delegation of procurement authority (DPA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="DPA"><p>A request of GSA where a federal agency retains and manages all aspects of the procurement process and is able to work with the selected vendor after award.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="disposal" aria-expanded="false" type="button">disposal</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="disposal"><p>The process of handling real property that is surplus to the federal government’s needs. Federal law mandates the disposal process, which has these major steps (although <strong>not every property</strong> goes through every step):</p><ul><li>Reporting the property as excess</li><li>Federal transfer</li><li>Surplus property</li><li>Homeless conveyance</li><li>Public benefit conveyance</li><li>Negotiated sale to state or local government</li><li>Public sale</li></ul></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="E"></a>E</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="eBuy" aria-expanded="false" type="button">eBuy</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="eBuy"><p>An online tool at <a class="external_link" href="https://ebuy.gsa.gov">ebuy.gsa.gov</a> designed to facilitate requests for submission of quotations for a wide range of commercial supplies and services under technology contracts and Multiple Award Schedule.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="EDWOSB" aria-expanded="false" type="button">economically disadvantaged women owned small business (EDWOSB)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="EDWOSB"><p>An SBA program that gives preferential consideration for certain government contracts to businesses that meet the following eligibility requirements:</p><ul><li>Meet all the requirements of the <a href="/node/139462#WOSB">WOSB</a> Federal Contract program</li><li>Be owned and controlled by one or more women, each with a personal net worth less than $850,000</li><li>Be owned and controlled by one or more women, each with $450,000 or less in adjusted gross income averaged over the previous three years</li><li>Be owned and controlled by one or more women, each $6.5 million or less in personal assets</li></ul><p>See <a class="external_link" href="https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=5c38f281d83692288ae34329eeefd077&mc=true&node=sp13.1.127.b&rgn=div6">Title 13 Part 127 Subpart B of the Code of Federal Regulations</a> for more information.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="egress" aria-expanded="false" type="button">egress</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="egress"><p>An unobstructed path to leave buildings, structures, and spaces.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="EVSE" aria-expanded="false" type="button">electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="EVSE"><p>Also called electric vehicle chargers, this includes EV charge cords, charge stands, attachment plugs, vehicle connectors, and protection, which provide for the safe transfer of energy between the electric utility power and the electric vehicle.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="EV" aria-expanded="false" type="button">electric vehicle (EV)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="EV"><p>A vehicle that is powered by an electric motor drawing current from rechargeable storage batteries or other portable electrical energy storage devices, as defined by <a class="external_link" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-1999-title10-vol3/xml/CFR-1999-title10-vol3-sec474-2.xml">10 C.F.R. § 474.2</a>. It includes a battery electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, a fuel-cell electric vehicle, etc.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="elevation" aria-expanded="false" type="button">elevation</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="elevation"><p>A geometrical drawing that depicts one vertical plane of an object or structure; a particular side of a building.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="eOffer" aria-expanded="false" type="button">eOffer/eMod</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="eOffer"><p>A system at <a class="external_link" href="https://eoffer.gsa.gov/">eoffer.gsa.gov</a> that vendors can use to post their offers and modify them.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="excess" aria-expanded="false" type="button">excess property</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="excess"><p>A designation a federal agency makes when it no longer needs a property to carry out its program responsibilities. The designation is achieved by completing and submitting <a href="/node/32799">Standard Form 118 Report of Excess Real Property</a>. Learn more about our <a href="/node/80820">disposal process</a>.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="EO" aria-expanded="false" type="button">executive order (EO)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="EO"><p>Official documents, numbered consecutively, through which the president of the United States manages the operations of the federal government.</p></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="F"></a>F</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="facade" aria-expanded="false" type="button">facade</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="facade"><p>The front of a building or any face of a building given special architectural treatment.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="FAR" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="FAR"><p>The primary regulation for federal agencies to use when buying supplies and services with funds from Congress.</p><p>Use <a class="external_link" href="https://www.acquisition.gov/">acquisition.gov</a> to <a class="external_link" href="https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far">browse FAR parts or subparts or download the full FAR</a> in various formats.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="FAS" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Federal Acquisition Service (FAS)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="FAS"><p>A GSA business line that helps federal agency customers buy products and services.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="FAA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="FAA"><p>A federal agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for a safe and efficient aerospace system. Visit <a class="external_link" href="https://www.faa.gov/">faa.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="FEMA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="FEMA"><p>A federal agency of the Department of Homeland Security responsible for helping people before, during and after disasters. Visit <a class="external_link" href="https://www.fema.gov/">fema.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="FPS" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Federal Protective Service (FPS)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="FPS"><p>A federal agency of the Department of Homeland Security responsible for protecting U.S. Government critical infrastructure, services and people. Visit <a class="external_link" href="https://www.dhs.gov/federal-protective-service">dhs.gov/federal-protective-service</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="FTR" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Federal Travel Regulation (FTR)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="FTR"><p>The travel and relocation policy for all federal civilian employees and others authorized to travel at government expense.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="FedRAMP" aria-expanded="false" type="button">FedRAMP</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="FedRAMP"><p>A program that promotes the adoption of secure cloud services across the federal government by providing a standardized approach to security and risk assessment.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="fire" aria-expanded="false" type="button">fire protection and life safety</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="fire"><p>Our fire protection and life safety program provides:</p><ul><li>A safe and healthful workplace</li><li>Uninterrupted performance of essential services</li><li>Ways to limit federal government losses</li></ul><p>Our facilities standards, <a href="/node/87400">P100</a>, establish design standards and performance criteria for our Public Buildings Service.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="Fleet" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Fleet</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="Fleet"><p>A GSA business line that provides safe, reliable, low-cost vehicle solutions for federal agency customers and eligible entities. Offerings include:</p><ul><li>Vehicle purchasing, leasing and short-term rentals</li><li>Vehicle disposal</li><li>Maintenance control and accident management</li><li>Loss prevention and fuel services</li><li>A fleet management system with detailed, accurate data</li></ul></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="Fleet-card" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Fleet card</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="Fleet-card"><p>A charge card for U.S. government personnel to use when paying for fuel and maintenance of GSA Fleet vehicles. Find out <a href="/node/125986">where the Fleet card is accepted, how to use it and more</a>.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="FOIA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="FOIA"><p>The federal program responsible for upholding the public’s right to access records from federal agencies that are not exempt from disclosure. Make a request at <a class="external_link" href="http://foia.gov">foia.gov</a>.</p></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="G"></a>G</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="global-entry" aria-expanded="false" type="button">global entry</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="global-entry"><p>A <a class="external_link" href="https://ttp.dhs.gov/">Department of Homeland Security program</a> that allows members to use expedited lanes at U.S. airports and when crossing international borders by air, land and sea.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="GOV" aria-expanded="false" type="button">government-owned vehicle (GOV)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="GOV"><p>A vehicle used to perform an agency’s mission(s), as authorized by the agency.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="GPC" aria-expanded="false" type="button">government purchase card (GPC)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="GPC"><p>A charge card for certain U.S. Government employees to use when buying mission-related supplies or services using simplified acquisition procedures, when applicable, and when the total cost does not exceed micro-purchase thresholds.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="GTC" aria-expanded="false" type="button">government travel card (GTC)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="GTC"><p>A charge card for U.S. government personnel to use when paying for reimbursable expenses while on official travel. Visit <a class="external_link" href="https://smartpay.gsa.gov/">smartpay.gsa.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="GWAC" aria-expanded="false" type="button">governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="GWAC"><p>A pre-competed, multiple-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract that agencies can use to buy total IT solutions more efficiently and economically.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="groundbreaking" aria-expanded="false" type="button">groundbreaking</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="groundbreaking"><p>A ceremony marking the official start of a new construction project, typically involving driving shovels into ground at the site.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="GSA-Advantage" aria-expanded="false" type="button">GSA Advantage</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="GSA-Advantage"><p>An online shopping and ordering system at <a class="external_link" href="https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/advantage/ws/main/start_page?store=ADVANTAGE">gsaadvantage.gov</a> that provides access for federal government employees and in some cases, state and local entities, to purchase from thousands of contractors offering millions of supplies and services.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="GSA-Auctions" aria-expanded="false" type="button">GSA Auctions</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="GSA-Auctions"><p>An online auction site at <a class="external_link" href="https://gsaauctions.gov/html/static/about.htm">gsaauctions.gov</a> that allows the general public to bid on and buy excess federal personal property assets such as:</p><ul><li>Office equipment</li><li>Furniture</li><li>Scientific equipment</li><li>Heavy machinery</li><li>Airplanes</li><li>Vessels</li><li>Vehicles</li></ul></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="GSA-managed" aria-expanded="false" type="button">GSA-managed property</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="GSA-managed"><p>Real property for which GSA is responsible. It can be either federally owned or leased from a public or private property owner.</p></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="H"></a>H</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="HUBZone" aria-expanded="false" type="button">historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone) program</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="HUBZone"><p>An SBA program that gives preferential consideration for certain government contracts to business that meet the following eligibility requirements:</p><ul><li>Be a small business</li><li>Be at least 51 percent owned and controlled by U.S. citizens, a Community Development Corporation, an agricultural cooperative, a Native Hawaiian organization, or an Indian tribe</li><li>Have its principal office located in a HUBZone</li><li>Have at least 35 percent of its employees live in a HUBZone</li></ul><p>See <a class="external_link" href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-13/chapter-I/part-126/subpart-B">Title 13 Part 126 Subpart B of the Code of Federal Regulations</a> for more information.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="homeless-conveyance" aria-expanded="false" type="button">homeless conveyance</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="homeless-conveyance"><p>GSA first considers transferring real property as a homeless conveyance if the real property is suitable for homeless use, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and before considering any other public benefit conveyance.</p></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="I"></a>I</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="IDIQ" aria-expanded="false" type="button">indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="IDIQ"><p>A type of contract when the quantity of supplies or services, above a specified minimum, the government will require is not known. IDIQs help streamline the contract process and speed service delivery.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="IFF" aria-expanded="false" type="button">industrial funding fee (IFF)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="IFF"><p>A fee paid by businesses who are awarded contracts under Multiple Award Schedule to cover GSA’s cost of operating the program. The fee is a fixed percentage of reported sales under MAS contracts that contractors pay within 30 calendar days following the completion of each quarter.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="IRA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="IRA"><p>A law that provides $3.375 billion for us to:</p><ul><li>Invest in federal buildings with low-carbon materials and sustainable technologies, making them more efficient, saving taxpayer dollars and creating opportunities for small businesses</li><li>Leverage emerging clean technologies to achieve greater carbon reductions and catalyze American innovation</li><li>Help boost the competitiveness of American manufacturers developing sustainable materials</li></ul><p>This includes $2.15 billion for low embodied carbon materials in construction projects, $975 million to support emerging and sustainable technologies, and $250 million for measures to convert more buildings into High Performance Green Buildings.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="IAA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">interagency agreement (IAA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="IAA"><p>A written agreement entered into between two federal agencies, or major organizational units within an agency, which specifies the goods to be furnished or tasks to be accomplished by one agency (the servicing agency) in support of the other (the requesting agency).</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="IRS" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Internal Revenue Service (IRS)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="IRS"><p>A federal agency of the Department of the Treasury responsible for tax administration. Visit <a class="external_link" href="https://www.irs.gov/">irs.gov</a> for more.</p></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="J"></a>J</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="JOTFOC" aria-expanded="false" type="button">justification for other than full and open competition (JOTFOC)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="JOTFOC"><p>A document used to record the rationale for allowing a contracting action without full and open competition.</p></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="K"></a>K</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"> </div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="L"></a>L</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="LPOE" aria-expanded="false" type="button">land port of entry (LPOE)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="LPOE"><p>A facility, also known as a border station, that provides controlled entry into or departure from the United States for persons or materials. It houses the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other federal inspection agencies responsible for the enforcement of federal laws related to entering into or departing from the U.S.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="LEED" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="LEED"><p>A third-party rating system that certifies globally recognized standards for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings and neighborhoods. Learn <a class="external_link" href="https://www.usgbc.org/leed">how LEED works</a>.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="LCO" aria-expanded="false" type="button">lease contracting officer (LCO)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="LCO"><p>An employee who is responsible for preparing, negotiating, awarding and monitoring compliance of lease agreements.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="LPTA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="LPTA"><p>Criteria used to select the technically acceptable proposal with the lowest evaluated price. Solicitations must specify that the award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of proposals meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for non-cost factors.</p></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="M"></a>M</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="MOA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">memorandum of agreement (MOA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="MOA"><p>A written conditional agreement between GSA and other entities that establishes who is responsible for which obligations.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="MOU" aria-expanded="false" type="button">memorandum of understanding (MOU)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="MOU"><p>A written non-binding agreement between the GSA and other entities to document lines of authority or responsibility or to clarify cooperative procedures.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="mileage" aria-expanded="false" type="button">mileage</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="mileage"><p>The rate of reimbursement for driving a privately owned vehicle when your agency authorizes it. Current rates are at <a href="/node/86775">gsa.gov/mileage</a>.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="MAS" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Multiple Award Schedule (MAS)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="MAS"><p>Long-term governmentwide contracts with commercial firms providing federal, state, and local government buyers access to more than 11 million commercial products and services at volume discount pricing. Also called Schedules or Federal Supply Schedules.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="MAS-IT" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Multiple Award Schedule information technology (MAS IT)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="MAS-IT"><p>An offering of innovative IT products, services, and solutions at the best prices. MAS IT is also known as IT Schedule 70.</p></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="N"></a>N</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="NCR" aria-expanded="false" type="button">National Capital Region (NCR)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="NCR"><p>A GSA region that serves federal agency customers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="NOAA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="NOAA"><p>A federal agency of the Department of Commerce responsible for understanding and predicting changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, sharing that knowledge and information with others, and conserving and managing coastal and marine ecosystems and resources.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="NPS" aria-expanded="false" type="button">National Park Service (NPS)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="NPS"><p>A federal agency of the Department of Interior responsible for taking care of national parks, and natural and cultural resources. Visit <a class="external_link" href="https://www.nps.gov/index.htm">nps.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="negotiated-sale" aria-expanded="false" type="button">negotiated sale of property</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="negotiated-sale"><p>A sale of real property with a state or local government at appraised fair market value where the property will be used for another public purpose.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="NAICS" aria-expanded="false" type="button">North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="NAICS"><p>The standard federal agencies use to classify business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.</p></div></div></div><div class="desktop:grid-col-6 mobile:grid-col-12" id="O-Z"><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="O"></a>O</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OAS" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Office of Administrative Services (OAS)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OAS"><p>A GSA office that delivers innovative solutions for GSA’s administrative, workplace, and information management needs.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OASIS" aria-expanded="false" type="button">OASIS</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OASIS"><p>A family of seven separate governmentwide multiple award, IDIQ contracts for program management, management consulting, logistics, engineering, scientific and financial services.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">occupancy agreement (OA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OA"><p>A formal, signed agreement between GSA’s Public Buildings Service and a federal agency for a specific space assignment.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OEP" aria-expanded="false" type="button">occupant emergency plan (OEP)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OEP"><p>A set of procedures to protect life and property in federally occupied space under defined emergency conditions.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OCR" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Office of Civil Rights (OCR)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OCR"><p>A GSA office that administers five programs related to federal civil rights laws and regulations:</p><ul><li>Equal employment opportunity</li><li>Affirmative employment</li><li>Nondiscrimination in federally conducted programs and activities</li><li>Environmental justice</li><li>Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs and activities</li></ul><p>OCR also administers the appeals process for administrative grievances GSA employees file.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OCIA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs (OCIA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OCIA"><p>A GSA office that:</p><ul><li>Maintains agency liaison with congress</li><li>Prepares and coordinates the GSA annual legislative program</li><li>Communicates the GSA legislative program to OMB, congress, and other interested parties</li><li>Works closely with OMB in the coordination and clearance of all proposed legislation impacting GSA</li></ul></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="CASE" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Office of Customer and Stakeholder Engagement (CASE)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="CASE"><p>A GSA office that liaises between the <a href="/node/139462#FAS">Federal Acquisition Service</a> and federal agency customers.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OCE" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Office of Customer Experience (OCE)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OCE"><p>A GSA office that works with internal clients to enhance relationships with customers, industry partners, and stakeholders by aligning operations to customer needs.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OGC" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Office of General Counsel (OGC)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OGC"><p>A GSA office that provides legal advice and representation to GSA officials while ensuring implementation of GSA’s statutory responsibilities (with exception of certain legal activities of the Office of Inspector General and the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals).</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OGP" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OGP"><p>A GSA office that ensures fair, efficient, cost-effective management practices across the federal government by creating and updating policies regarding:</p><ul><li>Acquisition management</li><li>Personal and real property management</li><li>Health, environment and work/life maintenance</li><li>Travel and transportation</li><li>IT</li><li>Regulatory information</li><li>Use of federal advisory committees</li></ul></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OHRM" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Office of Human Resources Management (OHRM)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OHRM"><p>A GSA office that delivers comprehensive human resources services and solutions to GSA and its employees. OHRM’s primary focus is to work with GSA services and staff offices to attract, motivate, develop, retain, and reward employees to maintain and enhance a mission-ready workforce.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OMB" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Office of Management and Budget (OMB)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OMB"><p>A federal agency responsible for assisting the president in meeting policy, budget, management and regulatory objectives and to fulfill the agency’s statutory responsibilities. Visit <a class="external_link" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb">omb.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OMA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Office of Mission Assurance (OMA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OMA"><p>A GSA office responsible for:</p><ul><li>Security (physical, personnel, and industrial)</li><li>HSPD-12 credentialing</li><li>Emergency management</li><li>Contingency and continuity planning</li></ul></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OPM" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Office of Personnel Management (OPM)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OPM"><p>A federal agency responsible for directing human resources and employee management services, administering retirement benefits, managing healthcare and insurance programs, overseeing merit-based and inclusive hiring into the civil service, and providing a secure employment process. Visit <a class="external_link" href="https://www.opm.gov/">opm.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OSDBU" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OSDBU"><p>A GSA office that monitors and implements small business policies and supports SBA programs. <a href="/node/125296">OSDBU</a> works with advocacy groups, chambers of commerce and small business coalitions to showcase small business capabilities and bring small businesses to the forefront of federal procurement opportunities.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OSC" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Office of Strategic Communication (OSC)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OSC"><p>A GSA office responsible for internal and external mass communication needs, which focuses on using communication to help the agency meet its mission and business goals.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OCFO" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OCFO"><p>A GSA office that provides enterprise-wide budget, financial management, financial analysis, robotics, performance management, and strategic planning services to GSA business lines and staff offices.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OCIO" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OCIO"><p>A GSA office that provides GSA staff with ever-evolving technology to improve capabilities, productivity, mobility, agility, and cost savings. GSA IT solutions include:</p><ul><li>Mission-supporting applications</li><li>Laptops and mobile devices</li><li>Collaborative cloud-based software</li><li>Training</li><li>Technical support</li></ul></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="OIG" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Office of the Inspector General (OIG)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="OIG"><p>An independent unit of GSA responsible for promoting economy, efficiency, and effectiveness and detecting and preventing fraud, waste, and mismanagement in GSA programs and operations.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="O&M" aria-expanded="false" type="button">operations and maintenance (O&M)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="O&M"><p>Services performed under a contract with a federal agency that include:</p><ul><li>Cemetery maintenance</li><li>Electrical systems and energy management control systems</li><li>Elevator inspection and maintenance</li><li>Energy management and audit services</li><li>Fire alarm and fire suppression system maintenance</li><li>Janitorial</li><li>Landscaping and snow removal</li><li>Marine vessel maintenance and repair services</li><li>Painting</li><li>Pest control</li><li>Plumbing or pipe fitting</li><li>Refrigeration or heating, cooling, and air conditioning</li><li>Smart buildings</li></ul></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="P"></a>P</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="passport" aria-expanded="false" type="button">passport</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="passport"><p>Official verification of someone’s origin, identity, and nationality. A U.S. passport is required of U.S. citizens for international travel and reentry into the United States. There are three types of passports: diplomatic, official, and regular. A government official may have at the same time a valid regular passport and a valid official or diplomatic passport. Use <a href="/node/32215">GSA Form 2083</a> to begin a request for an official passport.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="per-diem" aria-expanded="false" type="button">per diem</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="per-diem"><p>The per day rates for the lower 48 continental United States, which federal employees are reimbursed for expenses incurred while on official travel. Per diem includes three allowances:</p><ul><li>A rate for lodging</li><li>A rate for meals</li><li>A rate for incidental expenses</li></ul></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="PII" aria-expanded="false" type="button">personally identifiable information (PII)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="PII"><p>Information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, either alone or when combined with other information that is linked or linkable to a specific individual. Get more info from <a class="external_document" href="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/OMB/circulars/a130/a130revised.pdf">OMB Circular A-130 [PDF]</a>.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="PIV" aria-expanded="false" type="button">personal identity verification (PIV) card</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="PIV"><p>An identification card that allows credentialed government personnel to access facilities, computers, or information systems. May also be referred to as HSPD-12 card, LincPass, Smart Card, or CAC.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="personal-property" aria-expanded="false" type="button">personal property</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="personal-property"><p>Furniture and equipment such as appliances, wall hangings, technological devices, and the relocation expenses for such property.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="PPE" aria-expanded="false" type="button">personal protective equipment (PPE)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="PPE"><p>Equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and illnesses. These injuries and illnesses may result from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards. Personal protective equipment may include items such as gloves, safety glasses and shoes, earplugs or muffs, hard hats, respirators, or coveralls, vests and full-body suits.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="POV" aria-expanded="false" type="button">privately owned vehicle (POV)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="POV"><p>You should only drive a privately owned vehicle for official travel after your agency evaluates the use of:</p><ul><li>A common carrier</li><li>A government-furnished vehicle</li><li>A rental car</li></ul><p>When your agency has determined a POV to be the most advantageous method of transportation, you are authorized reimbursement for mileage and some additional allowances (parking, bridge, road and tunnel fees, etc.).</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="PTAC" aria-expanded="false" type="button">procurement and technical assistance center (PTAC)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="PTAC"><p>An organization that typically helps businesses for free with selling their goods and services by successfully competing for contracts with federal, state, and local governments.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="prospectus" aria-expanded="false" type="button">prospectus</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="prospectus"><p>Approvals from GSA’s congressional authorizing committees, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for proposed capital and leasing projects that require funding over <a href="/node/88031">an annually established threshold</a>.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="PBC" aria-expanded="false" type="button">public benefit conveyance (PBC)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="PBC"><p>Substantially discounted real property (up to 100% reduction in fair market value) if it is to be used for a specific public use.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="PO" aria-expanded="false" type="button">purchase order (PO)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="PO"><p>An offer the U.S. Government makes to buy supplies or services using simplified acquisition procedures.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="PBS" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Public Buildings Service (PBS)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="PBS"><p>A GSA business line that acquires and maintains real estate for the federal government.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="PL" aria-expanded="false" type="button">public law (PL)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="PL"><p>A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers of congress and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.</p></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="Q"></a>Q</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="QASP" aria-expanded="false" type="button">quality assurance surveillance plan (QASP)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="QASP"><p>A plan with measures that the government uses to monitor contractor performance.</p></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="R"></a>R</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="RA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">regional administrator (RA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="RA"><p>A senior executive in GSA regional offices who represents a region at special events and serves as a liaison to congressional, intergovernmental and other stakeholders. At GSA, the regional administrator also makes decisions about GSA’s operating status in the region.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="RC" aria-expanded="false" type="button">regional commissioner (RC)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="RC"><p>A senior executive in GSA regional offices who is responsible for overseeing the regional budget and employees of Public Buildings Service or Federal Acquisition Service.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="ROB" aria-expanded="false" type="button">regional office building (ROB)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="ROB"><p>The building where a GSA region is headquartered.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="regions" aria-expanded="false" type="button">regions</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="regions"><p><a href="/node/89549">Region 1</a> (New England): Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont</p><p><a href="/node/89564">Region 2</a> (Northeast and Caribbean): Northern New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands</p><p><a href="/node/89543">Region 3</a> (Mid-Atlantic): Delaware, parts of Maryland, Southern New Jersey, Pennsylvania, parts of Virginia, West Virginia</p><p><a href="/node/89586">Region 4</a> (Southeast Sunbelt): Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee</p><p><a href="/node/89579">Region 5</a> (Great Lakes): Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin</p><p><a href="/node/89609">Region 6</a> (Heartland): Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska</p><p><a href="/node/89627">Region 7</a> (Greater Southwest): Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas</p><p><a href="/node/89696">Region 8</a> (Rocky Mountain): Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming</p><p><a href="/node/89665">Region 9</a> (Pacific Rim): Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada</p><p><a href="/node/89714">Region 10</a> (Northwest Arctic): Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington</p><p><a href="/node/89681">Region 11</a> (National Capital): Washington, D.C., area including parts of Maryland and Virginia</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="RWA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">reimbursable work authorization (RWA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="RWA"><p>Formal agreements between GSA and a federal agency customer where GSA agrees to provide goods, services, or both, and the federal agency agrees to reimburse GSA’s direct and indirect costs. The customer portal for RWA information is called eRETA at <a class="external_link" href="https://extportal.pbs.gsa.gov/">extportal.pbs.gsa.gov</a>.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="renovate" aria-expanded="false" type="button">renovate</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="renovate"><p>To restore space or a facility to be more modern or in better condition or function.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="RFP" aria-expanded="false" type="button">request for proposals (RFP)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="RFP"><p>A document used in negotiated procurements to communicate government requirements to prospective contractors (firms holding Multiple Award Schedule contracts) and to solicit proposals (offers) from them.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="RFQ" aria-expanded="false" type="button">request for quotation (RFQ)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="RFQ"><p>A document used to communicate government requirements, but which do not solicit binding offers. Quotations submitted in response are not offers. The Multiple Award Schedule order is the offer, and then the contractor can do something to show acceptance, like ordering supplies or contacting subcontractors.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="retrofit" aria-expanded="false" type="button">retrofit</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="retrofit"><p>To add features or functions to space beyond what it had at the start. Also called fit-out.</p></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="S"></a>S</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="schedule" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Schedule</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="schedule"><p>Long-term governmentwide contracts with commercial firms providing federal, state, and local government buyers access to more than 11 million commercial products and services at volume discount pricing. Also called Multiple Award Schedule or Federal Supply Schedules. Find out more about <a href="/node/162638">MAS</a>.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="508" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Section 508</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="508"><p>A law that requires federal agencies to give disabled employees and members of the public access to their information and communication technology that is comparable to the access available to others, unless doing so would cause an undue burden on the agency.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="SDVOSB" aria-expanded="false" type="button">service-disabled, veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="SDVOSB"><p>An SBA program that gives preferential consideration for certain government contracts to businesses that meet the following eligibility requirements:</p><ul><li>Be a <a href="/node/139462#small-business">small business</a></li><li>Be at least 51% owned and controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans</li><li>Have one or more service-disabled veterans manage day-to-day operations and also make long-term decisions</li><li>Eligible veterans must have a service-connected disability</li><li>Permanently and totally disabled veterans who are unable to manage the daily business operations of their business may still qualify if their spouse or appointed, permanent caregiver is assisting in that management</li></ul><p>See <a class="external_link" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2012-title13-vol1/xml/CFR-2012-title13-vol1-part125-subpartB.xml">Title 13 Part 125 Subpart B</a> of the Code of Federal Regulations for more information.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="small-business" aria-expanded="false" type="button">small business</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="small-business"><p>An SBA designation for businesses that meet size standards set for each <a href="#NAICS">NAICS</a> code. Most manufacturing companies with 500 employees or fewer, and most non-manufacturing businesses with average annual receipts under $7.5 million, will qualify as a small business.</p><p>See <a class="external_link" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2011-title13-vol1/xml/CFR-2011-title13-vol1-sec121-201.xml">Title 13 Part 121.201</a> of the Code of Federal Regulations for more information.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="SBA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Small Business Administration (SBA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="SBA"><p>A federal agency responsible for helping Americans start, build, and grow businesses. Visit <a class="external_link" href="https://www.sba.gov/">sba.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="socioeconomic" aria-expanded="false" type="button">small business socioeconomic categories</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="socioeconomic"><p>To improve and stimulate small business utilization, we award contracts to businesses that are owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. We have contracting assistance for:</p><ul><li><a href="/node/139462#8a">8(a) Business Development</a> contractors</li><li><a href="/node/139462#HUBZone">Historically underutilized business zone</a></li><li><a href="/node/139462#SDVOSB">Service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses</a></li><li><a href="/node/139462#small-business">Small businesses</a></li><li><a href="/node/139462#SDB">Small disadvantaged businesses</a></li><li><a href="/node/139462#VOSB">Veteran-owned small businesses</a></li><li><a href="/node/139462#WOSB">Women-owned small businesses</a></li></ul></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="SDB" aria-expanded="false" type="button">small disadvantaged businesses (SDB)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="SDB"><p>A Small Business Administration program that gives preferential consideration for certain government contracts to business that meet the following eligibility requirements:</p><ul><li>Be a <a href="/node/139462#small-business">small business</a></li><li>The firm must be 51% or more owned and controlled by one or more disadvantaged persons</li><li>The disadvantaged person or persons must be socially disadvantaged and economically disadvantaged</li></ul><p>See <a class="external_link" href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-13/chapter-I/part-124/subpart-B/section-124.1001">Title 13 Section 124.1001 of the Code of Federal Regulations</a> for more information.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="SSA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Social Security Administration</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="SSA"><p>A federal agency responsible for delivering financial support to retired and disabled people or their surviving family member, and for ensuring the safety and security of social security numbers and related information. Visit <a class="external_link" href="https://www.ssa.gov/">ssa.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="SFO" aria-expanded="false" type="button">solicitation for offers (SFO)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="SFO"><p>The basis for the lease negotiation process, which becomes part of the lease. SFOs include the information necessary to enable prospective offerors to prepare proposals. See SFO <a class="external_link" href="https://www.acquisition.gov/gsam/570.303-1">minimum requirements</a>.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="SIN" aria-expanded="false" type="button">special item number (SIN)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="SIN"><p>Specific supply and service subcategories within our Multiple Award Schedule. For the Information Technology Category, a <a href="/node/162638">SIN</a> might be new equipment or cloud services.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="support-spaces" aria-expanded="false" type="button">support spaces</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="support-spaces"><p>An extension of the public spaces in a building, including public restrooms, equipment and maintenance space, locker rooms, custodial storage, security and food service areas.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="surplus-property" aria-expanded="false" type="button">surplus property</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="surplus-property"><p>When no federal agencies need real property, it is determined to be surplus and may be made available for other uses through public benefit conveyances, including homeless use, negotiated sales, or public sales, based on GSA’s determination of the property’s highest and best use.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="sustainability" aria-expanded="false" type="button">sustainability</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="sustainability"><p>A national policy committing to create and maintain conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony to support present and future generations.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="SAM" aria-expanded="false" type="button">System for Award Management (SAM)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="SAM"><p>An online system at <a class="external_link" href="https://sam.gov/content/home">sam.gov</a>, which the U.S. Government uses to consolidate acquisition and award systems for use by contractors wishing to do business with the federal government. Formerly known as FBO.gov, all contracting opportunities valued over $25,000 are posted at sam.gov.</p></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="T"></a>T</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="task-order" aria-expanded="false" type="button">task order</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="task-order"><p>A contract for services that does not procure or specify a firm quantity of services (other than a minimum or maximum quantity). A task order has flexibility in both quantities and scheduling and can be executed after specific requirements materialize.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="tax-exempt" aria-expanded="false" type="button">tax exempt</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="tax-exempt"><p>When you use a government purchase card, such as the “GSA SmartPay” travel card for business travel, your lodging and rental car costs may be exempt from state sales tax. Individually billed account travel cards are not tax exempt in all states. Search for <a class="external_link" href="https://smartpay.gsa.gov/smarttax/tax-information-by-state/">exemption status, forms and important information</a>.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="TTS" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Technology Transformation Services (TTS)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="TTS"><p>An entity within our Federal Acquisition Service responsible for helping federal agencies transform their use of technology.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="TDY" aria-expanded="false" type="button">temporary duty (TDY)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="TDY"><p>Federal government authorization for federal employees and military service members (and some other individuals) to incur expenses while traveling on official business, which the agency pays for.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="TI" aria-expanded="false" type="button">tenant improvements (TI)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="TI"><p>The finishes and fixtures federal agency tenants select that take a space from a shell condition to a finished, usable condition and compliant with all applicable building codes and standards.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="turnkey" aria-expanded="false" type="button">turnkey</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="turnkey"><p>A common commercial real estate term to describe commercial space that is ready to be occupied immediately. There is no waiting period to use the property for its intended purpose, because many or all of its features are already in place and in working order. Turnkey offices are ideal for agencies that do not want to go through the long process of researching, bidding out, and purchasing furniture or equipment.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="TAA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Trade Agreements Act (TAA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="TAA"><p>A statute that applies to all Multiple Award Schedule contracts, unless otherwise stated in the solicitation or contract, which requires contractors to sell to the U.S. Government only products that are manufactured or “substantially transformed” in the U.S. or a <a href="/node/163633">TAA-designated country</a>.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="TDR" aria-expanded="false" type="button">Transactional Data Reporting (TDR)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="TDR"><p>An option for vendors to report transactional data — information generated when the government purchases goods or services from a vendor — to help us make federal government buying more effective.</p><p>See our <a href="/node/163911">TDR page</a> for which SINs are eligible and which line-item data to submit.</p></div></div><h2><a class="ck-anchor" id="U"></a>U</h2><div class="usa-accordion" aria-multiselectable="true"><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="UEI" aria-expanded="false" type="button">unique entity identifier (UEI)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="UEI"><p>A unique number required to do business with the federal government.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="USCG" aria-expanded="false" type="button">U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="USCG"><p>A federal agency of the Department of Homeland Security responsible for ensuring the nation’s maritime safety, security and stewardship. Visit <a class="external_link" href="https://www.uscg.mil/">uscg.mil</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="USDA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="USDA"><p>A federal department responsible for providing leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on public policy, the best available science, and effective management. Visit <a class="external_link" href="https://www.usda.gov/">usda.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="DOE" aria-expanded="false" type="button">U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="DOE"><p>A federal department responsible for energy, environmental and nuclear challenges. Visit <a class="external_link" href="https://www.energy.gov/">energy.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="HHS" aria-expanded="false" type="button">U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="HHS"><p>A federal department responsible for enhancing and protecting the health and well-being of all Americans. Visit <a class="external_link" href="http://hhs.gov">hhs.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="DHS" aria-expanded="false" type="button">U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="DHS"><p>A federal department responsible for securing the nation from threats. Visit <a class="external_link" href="http://dhs.gov">dhs.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="HUD" aria-expanded="false" type="button">U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="HUD"><p>A federal agency responsible for creating strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality, affordable homes for all. Visit <a class="external_link" href="http://hud.gov">hud.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="DOI" aria-expanded="false" type="button">U.S. Department of Interior (DOI)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="DOI"><p>A federal department responsible for natural and cultural resources. Visit <a class="external_link" href="http://doi.gov">doi.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="DOJ" aria-expanded="false" type="button">U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="DOJ"><p>A federal department responsible for enforcing the law and protecting the U.S.’s legal interests. Visit <a class="external_link" href="http://justice.gov">justice.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="DOL" aria-expanded="false" type="button">U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="DOL"><p>A federal department responsible for the welfare of workers, job seekers, and retirees. Visit <a class="external_link" href="http://dol.gov">dol.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="DOT" aria-expanded="false" type="button">U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="DOT"><p>A federal department responsible for ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system. Visit <a class="external_link" href="http://transportation.gov">transportation.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="EPA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="EPA"><p>A federal agency responsible for protecting human health and the environment. Visit <a class="external_link" href="http://epa.gov">epa.gov</a> for more.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="GSA" aria-expanded="false" type="button">U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="GSA"><p>A federal agency that provides centralized procurement for the federal government. <a href="/node/83706">GSA’s mission</a> is to deliver value and savings in real estate, acquisition, technology, and other mission-support services across government.</p></div><h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"><button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="GAO" aria-expanded="false" type="button">U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)</button></h2><div class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose" id="GAO"><p>A federal congressional agency responsible for examining how taxpayer dollars are spent and helping the government save money and work more efficiently. 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name="perdiem-start-date" type="date" aria-labelledby="start-date-label" disabled /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tablet:grid-col-6"> <div class="usa-form-group" id="perdiem-end-date-group"> <label class="usa-label" id="end-date-label" for="perdiem-end-date" >Travel end date (mm/dd/yyyy)</label >  <div class="usa-date-picker" data-min-date="2022-10-01" data-max-date="2025-9-30"> <input class="usa-input disabled" id="perdiem-end-date" name="end-date" type="date" aria-labelledby="end-date-label" disabled /> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Rates are available between 10/1/2022 and 09/30/2025.</p> </div> <div class="perdiem-error usa-alert usa-alert--warning usa-alert--slim" id="perdiem-end-before-start"> <div class="usa-alert__body"> <p class="usa-alert__text"> The End Date of your trip can not occur before the Start Date. </p> </div> </div> <div class="grid-col-12"> <div id="perdiem-choose-rates" class="margin-bottom-2">  </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="width-full"> <div 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