"Acquisition Category (ACAT)" means one of three categories used to determine the milestone decision authority for an acquisition program as described in DOD 5000.2-R, Mandatory Procedures for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) and Major Automated Information System (MAIS) Acquisition Programs.
"Air Force Acquisition Executive (AFAE)" means the senior corporate operating official for acquisition. The term is synonymous with Component Acquisition Executive (CAE), formerly referred to as the Service Acquisition Executive (SAE). The AFAE is the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition), ASAF(A), and is accountable to the Secretary of the Air Force. The ASAF(A) is also the Senior Procurement Executive (SPE).
"Automated Information System (AIS)" A combination of computer hardware and software, data, or telecommunications, that performs functions such as collecting, processing, transmitting, and displaying information. Excluded are computer resources, both hardware and software, that are: physically part of, dedicated to, or essential in real time to the mission performance of weapon systems.
"Base or installation commander" means an individual who functions in a command position and is responsible for a base or other Air Force installation having a base contracting office. This term includes the Logistics Group Commander for contracting related matters.
"Buying Office Contracting Official (BOCO)" means an individual within AFMC serving in the position of Chief of the Contracting Division in a System Program Office or Program/Product Directorate in support of a System Program Director, System Support Manager, Development Support Manager, or Commodity Manager. Unless specifically excepted, this term may include, at the option of the designated official, the deputy chief of the same office.
[Amended per contracting Policy Memo 97-C-16, dated 3 Nov 1997]
"Center Commander" means, in AFMC, the field activity commander of Aeronautical Systems Center, Air Force Development Test Center, Air Force Flight Test Center, Arnold Engineering Development Center, Electronic Systems Center, Human Systems Center, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Sacramento Air Logistics Center, San Antonio Air Logistics Center, Space and Missile Systems Center,[and] Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. [AFRL/CC has Center Commander authority for contracting issues]
"Central acquisition" means the purchase of all requirements of specified supplies or services by a designated purchasing office for use throughout the Air Force.
"Chief of contracting office" means any person who has direct managerial responsibility for the operation of a contracting office as defined in FAR Subpart 2.1. Unless specifically excepted, this term may include, at the option of the designated chief, the deputy chief or acting chief of the contracting office. [AFRI/CC has DAC authority for designated programs.]
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"Designated Acquisition Commander (DAC)" means, in AFMC, the individual who supervises execution of programs that are not assigned to a PEO. The commanders of AFMC product centers and logistics centers act in this capacity. DACs, like PEOs, are accountable to the AFAE.
"Designee" means an individual authorized to perform any act or make determinations contemplated in the FAR, DFARS, or this Supplement when such authority is vested in the "Head of the Contracting Activity or Designee." Designee may include one or more officials.
"Development System Manager (DSM)" means the lead individual at an AFMC product center when a single manager (SPD, PGM, or MGM) located at another center delegates a specific development task to a product center. The DSM reports directly to the single manager.
"Head of the Agency" means, pursuant to Secretary of the Air Force Orders (SAFOs) 100.1 and 650.4, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition), ASAF(A), is authorized to act for and with the authority of the Secretary of the Air Force as head of the agency for acquisition matters, except for actions that, by the terms of a statute or delegation, must be done personally by the Secretary of the Air Force or the Under Secretary of the Air Force. In the absence of the ASAF(A), the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition & Management), PDASAF(A&M), is authorized to act for and with the authority of the Secretary of the Air Force as head of the agency for acquisition matters.
"Local purchase" means the authorized purchase of materials, supplies, and services by an installation for its own use or the use of an installation or activity logistically supported by it. Local purchase is not limited to the immediate geographical area in which the purchasing installation is located. Except as specifically authorized by this Supplement, local purchase will be consolidated under one office at the Air Force installation.
"Major Program" means an acquisition program that is not a highly sensitive classified program (as determined by the Secretary of Defense) and that is: (1) designated by the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology) as a major defense acquisition program; or (2) estimated by the USD(A&T) to require an eventual total expenditure for research, development, test and evaluation of more than $355 million in fiscal year 1996 constant dollars or, for procurement, of more than $2.135 billion in fiscal year 1996 constant dollars . The term Major Program is synonymous with Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP). Major Programs fall into two categories: "Defense Acquisition Board (DAB)" and "Component." The category is determined by the milestone decision approving authority.
"Major Automated Information System (MAIS) Acquisition Program" means an AIS acquisition program that is (1) designated by OASD(C3I) as a MAIS, or (2) estimated to require program costs in any single year in excess of $30 million in fiscal year (FY) 1996 constant dollars, total program costs in excess of $120 million in FY 1996 constant dollars, or total life-cycle costs in excess of $360 million in FY 1996 constant dollars. MAIS Acquisition Programs do not include highly sensitive classified programs (as determined by the Secretary of Defense).
"Materiel Group Manager (MGM)" means, in AFMC, the single manager of a materiel group (e.g., Landing Gear) responsible for all cost, schedule, and performance aspects of a materiel group and related sustainment activities. MGMs have the same responsibilities as a weapon system or military system System Program Director (SPD).
"Ordering officer" means the individual authorized by a DOD contracting officer to issue specific calls or orders for supplies or services against prepriced blanket purchase agreements or other prepriced contracts. Such authority may include signature on a DD Form 1155 as an "ordering officer."
[Amended per contracting Policy Memo 97-C-16, dated 3 Nov 1997]
"Other Contracting" means those efforts taken to support acquisition programs, maintain and repair fielded weapon systems, and support Air Force operations. The term includes, but is not limited to, contracts for local purchase and other operational support; replenishment spares; programmed depot maintenance; weapon system modifications which do not involve significant development; contractor logistics support; manpower and support; and science and technology (i.e., research, exploratory development or advanced development [ ]and not intended for a system specific application (6.1, 6.2, or 6.3A funds)).
"Overseas command" means MAJCOMs located in possessions of the United States, and in Puerto Rico, Alaska, the Panama Canal Zone, and Hawaii, as well as those in foreign countries.
"Product Group Manager (PGM)" means, in AFMC, the single manager of a product group (e.g., Life Support) responsible for all cost, schedule, and performance aspects of a product group and related sustainment activities. PGMs have the same responsibilities as a weapon system or military system System Program Director (SPD).
"Program Director (PD)/Program Manager (PM)/System Program Director (SPD)" means the operating official responsible for the execution of a program within the approved Acquisition Program Baseline. This individual is accountable to the AFAE through the Program Executive Officer (PEO) if the program is a PEO Program , or through the Designated Acquisition Commander (DAC) if the program is a DAC Program .
"Program Executive Officer (PEO)" means the corporate operating official who supervises an assigned portfolio of mission-related programs. The PEO is accountable to the AFAE.
"Senior Center Contracting Official (SCCO)" means an individual in an AFMC direct reporting unit (i.e., Aeronautical Systems Center, Air Force Development Test Center, Air Force Flight Test Center, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arnold Engineering Development Center, Electronic Systems Center, Human Systems Center, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Sacramento Air Logistics Center, San Antonio Air Logistics Center, Space and Missile Systems Center, or Warner Robins Air Logistics Center) serving in the position of Director of Contracting and reporting directly to the Center Commander or the Director of AFOSR. This authority may also be exercised by the Deputy Director of Contracting, Assistant Director of Contracting, and the Technical Assistant to the Director of Contracting.
[Amended per contracting Policy Memo 97-C-16, dated 3 Nov 1997]
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"Single Acquisition Management Plan (SAMP)" means a concise, comprehensive program document which serves two functions: (1) it is the management plan program managers follow to successfully execute the acquisition of a requirement; and (2) it is the supporting documentation which enables a program decision authority to reach a milestone decision.
[Amended per contracting Policy Memo 97-C-16, dated 3 Nov 1997]
"Single Manager (SM)" means the general term used to describe System Program Directors (SPDs), Product Group Managers (PGMs), and Materiel Group Managers (MGMs) [,and Technology Directors (TDs)] who are the individuals responsible for a system, product group, or materiel group [, or major research area and report directly to a Program Executive Officer (PEO) or Designated Acquisition Commander (DAC).[ ]
"System Program Office (SPO)" means the integrated AFMC organization responsible for cradle-to-grave military system management.
"System Support Manager (SSM)" means the lead individual at an AFMC logistics center responsible for system sustainment when the single manager (SPD, PGM, or MGM) is located at another center. The SSM reports directly to the single manager.
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[Amended per contracting Policy Memo 97-C-16, dated 3 Nov 1997]
[" Technology Director" means the single manager responsible for a major research area and its portfolio.]
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