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A Dictionary of Acquisition and Contracting Terms
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Russell G. Roe
December 1991
Thesis Advisor: David V. Lamm
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This thesis is part of a joint research project between students of the Naval Postgrad-
uate school in Monterey, CA and the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base, Dayton, OH. The purpose of the research is to establish working defini-
tions for commonly used contracting and acquisition terms and phrases. Twenty five terms
were selected from a master list compiled by previous researchers. Contracting litera-
ture and regulations were researched to identify published definitions. The published
definitions were used to develop a synthesized definition for each of the twenty five
terms. The synthesized definitions were submitted to contracting professionals for
examination. The acceptability of proposed definitions was based upon consensus and the
input from respondents was used to develop a refined definition.
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A Dictionary of
Acquisition and Contracting Terms
by
RusseLl G. Roe
Lieutenant Commander, Supply Corps, United States Navy
B.B.A., Morehead State University, 1979
Submitted in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT
from the
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
December 1991 ^
David R. Whipple, Chairman
Department of Administrative Sciences
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ABSTRACT
This thesis is part of a joint research project between
students of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA and
the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base, Dayton, OH. The purpose of the research is to
establish working definitions for commonly used contracting
and acquisition terms and phrases. Twenty five terms were
selected from a master list compiled by previous researchers.
Contracting literature and regulations were researched to
identify published definitions. The published definitions
were used to develop a synthesized definition for each of the
twenty five terms. The synthesized definitions were submitted
to contracting professionals for examination. The
acceptability of proposed definitions was based upon consensus
and the input from respondents was used to develop a refined
definition.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I 1
A. BACKGROUND 1
B. SCOPE AND ASSUMPTIONS 2
C. RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND BENEFITS 3
D. THESIS ORGANIZATION 6
II. ANALYSIS OF "CONTROVERSIAL" TERMS 8
A. INTRODUCTION 8
B. METHODOLOGY OF ANALYSIS 8
C. TERM ANALYSIS 9
D. SUMMARY 19
III. ANALYSIS OF "NON-CONTROVERSIAL" TERMS 21
A. INTRODUCTION 21
B. TERM ANALYSIS 21
C. SUMMARY 69
IV. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 71
A. INTRODUCTION 71
B. CONCLUSIONS 71
C. RECOMMENDATIONS 73
D. PRIMARY RESEARCH QUESTION ANSWER 74
E. GENERAL COMMENTS 75
F. SUMMARY 75
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