A List
Commodity products with mandatory purchasing preference; Total Government Requirement; widely available through GSA and commercial distribution channels. Wholesaler support required for office products (support is driven by anticipated sales). Delivery timeframes consistent with industry best practices. ETS blocking for all A List products.
A-76
Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-76 (Revised Supplemental Handbook Performance of Commercial Activities)
AAFES
Army & Air Force Exchange Service
AAPD
American Association of People with Disabilities
AbilityOne Program
The AbilityOne Program, formerly known as the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program (effective April 2007), was created by the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act to provide employment opportunities for Americans who are blind or have other severe disabilities. These jobs involve the sale of goods or services to the federal government.
AbilityOne Representative (ABOR)
A federal agency employee tasked with furthering the success of the AbilityOne program within that agency.
ACB
American Council of the Blind
Addition Package
A set of documents provided to the U.S. AbilityOne Commission staff to have a product, service, Base Supply Center, or Military Resale item added to the government Procurement List.
Address Activity Code
Allows vendors to purchase goods from the General Services Administration (GSA) or the Department of Defense. Number is provided by GSA.
ADF
Annual Demand Frequency
Administrative JDA
Javits-Wagner-O'Day Development Support Administrator
Administrative Lead Time
The phase in the procurement cycle consisting of the time interval between the dates of the supply control study to the award of a contract to a vendor.
ADPE
Automatic Data Processing Equipment
ADQ
Annual Demand Quantity
ADS
Atlantic Diving Supply
ADV
Annual Demand Value
Adventitious Blindness
A state of blindness that results from a trauma, accident, or disease and affects a person who has had sighted experience
AEAW
Alliance for Expanding America's Workforce
AER
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
AF
Air Force
AFB
Air Force Base OR American Foundation for the Blind
AFCU
Air Force Combat Uniform
AFLC
Air Force Logistics Command
AFMC
Air Force Materiel Command
Agency Allocation
One of the methods by which NIB makes an equitable distribution of orders from the federal government to its associated agencies; The percentage of a customer's requirement made by a specific NIB agency.
Agency Code
A three letter code used to identify NIB associated agencies. The first two letters indicate in which state the agency is headquartered, and the third typically indicates the city.
AIDB
Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind
ALA
American Logistics Association
ALC
Air Force Logistics Command
ALL
Acceptable Laboratory List (issued by the Defense Personnel Support Center) OR Affiliated Leadership League of and for the Blind of America
AMC
Army Materiel Command OR Air Mobility Command (Air Force)
AMSAN
American Sanitary Products Inc.
ANSI
American National Standards Institute; not a standards-writing body; ensures that member organizations that write standards follow rules of consensus and broad participation by interested parties. ANSI is the U.S. member of ISO.
APA
Administrative Procedure Act
APC
Annual Price Change; annual or semi-annual review of NSN pricing and the basis for current rates on the Procurement List to determine if they are fair and reasonable.
Appropriations
Committees in the House and Senate that each have a subcommittee (Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies) that provides the funding for the U.S. AbilityOne Commission.
AQ
Acquisition
AQL
Acceptable Quality Level
AR
Assignment Roster
ARB
Air Force Reserve Base
ARN
Apparel Research Network; DLA program to improve U.S. apparel industry's ability to meet DOD requirements through research, development, and technology transfer for the apparel and related industries such as distribution, equipment, and materials suppliers.
ARO
After Receipt of Order
ASL
Acceptable Supplier List (issued yearly by DPSC) OR Assignment Letter sent to a nonprofit agency indicating that they have been officially assigned a product for development (internal).
ASPPO
Armed Services Production Planning Officer
ASQC
American Society for Quality Control; a professional, nonprofit association that develops, promotes, and applies quality-related information and technology to private and public sector organizations.
Assignment (CNA)
The authorization the U.S. AbilityOne Commission gives to NIB or SourceAmerica to develop a product, service, or Base Supply Center. CNA assignments are for two-year terms.
AT
Adaptive or Assistive Technology; specialized equipment that enables people who are blind or disabled to use technology (i.e., JAWS, Magic, which reads and converts data into voice).
Auditor
Person qualified to conduct quality system audits. In the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) system, auditors work for organizations called registrars.
Authorization
Basic legislation to establish or continue the legal operation of a federal program or agency.
Authorized AbilityOne Distributor
An organization authorized by the U.S. AbilityOne Commission to stock and distribute AbilityOne products. To receive authorization, the commercial organization must agree to certain terms and conditions established by the Committee in its procedures, including the requirements to eliminate essentially-the-same (ETS) items from its product offering, and to block the sale of ETS items and substitute the AbilityOne item.
Availability
Capacity of an item to perform designated function when required.
Award
An announcement by the federal government regarding the vendor selected for a specific solicitation.