NIB Glossary & Acronyms Guide

PA

Price Analyst

PACE

Procurement & Acquisition Center of Excellence

PAD

Pacific Assistance Dogs Society

PAG

Pace Advisory Group

Partnering

Relationship between two entities: 1) NPA and SourceAmerica or NIB and 2) the government customer (Contracting Agency) that promotes the goal of the AbilityOne Program.

Paying Office

Office designated to make payments to contractors for government work or supplies.

PBS

Public Buildings Service (GSA)

PBSC

Performance-Based Service Contracting; a government model for developing services contracts that emphasizes all aspects of an acquisition be structured around the purpose of the work to be performed to meet the government's performance objectives and achieve the appropriate performance quality levels.

PC

Project Coordinator

PCER

Price Change Exception Request

PCF

Processed Chlorine-Free, manufactured using 100% chlorine-free processing, which reduces the harmful effect to the environment, human and aquatic life.

PCN

Project Control Number; number assigned to all projects assigned to a nonprofit agency; used for identification and tracking purposes.

PCO

Procurement Contracting Officer

PCR

Post-Consumer Recycled

PCW

Post-Consumer Waste

PDM

Product Demonstration Model; product sample that the federal customer may require prior to completion of a contract negotiation

PDP

Product Development Plan OR Project Development Plan; evaluative analysis tool to assist agencies in developing a plan for the manufacturing of a new product and addition to the Procurement List

PDS

Product Development Specialist

PE

Purchase Exception; waiver or clearance granted by NIB when commodities or services on the PL cannot be furnished to a procuring activity.

Performance Rating Report

Report kept in an employee's permanent file that indicates reasons for any certified wage rates that may apply; a report that evaluates a blind direct labor employee's performance and his/her ability to engage in competitive employment.

Personal Files

Non-computer files maintained by an individual.

PF&D

Personal Time, Fatigue, and Delay

PFAS

Synthetic chemicals used in millions of products

PFI

Plant Facility Inspection

PIIN

Procurement Item Identification Number

PIN

Pre-Invitation Notice; alert to bid on a product or service.

PIP

Performance Incentive Pay

PL

Procurement List; the U.S. AbilityOne Commission maintains a Procurement List of products and services that have been placed in the AbilityOne Program, as referenced in FAR Subparts 8.0 and 8.7. Once a product or service is on the PL, the government must buy it from the organization designated by the Commission until the government no longer has requirements for that item or until a nonprofit agency employing people who are blind or have other severe disabilities can no longer furnish that item. OR Public Law; legislation passed by both chambers of Congress and signed by the President or passed by Congress over a Presidential veto.

Planogram

Defines locations within a retail store where items are to be located.

PLIMS

Procurement List Information Management Systems, the information management system used by the Commission to collect electronic submissions from the Central Nonprofit Agencies for proposed additions, deletions, and changes to the Procurement List, including prices. (U.S. AbilityOne Commission Policy 51.600).

PLP

Procurement List (PL) Portal; NIB's IT system to manage items on the AbilityOne Procurement List.

PM

Product Manager OR Pricing Memoranda; SourceAmerica Program Management Division

PMCIM

Product Marketing and Customer Information Manager

PMMR or MRPM

Project Manager for the Military Resale Program

PO

Purchase Order; written agreement between buyer and seller for the procurement of supplies/services; generally includes specifications, quantities, unit price, delivery schedules/distribution, and terms and conditions.

POC

Point of Contact

POS

Point Of Sale; refers to the retail-type checkout where EAN/UPC bar code symbols are normally scanned.

PPI

Producer Price Index

PPM

Packaging, Pricing, and Marking

PPP

Packaging, Packing, and Preservation

PR

Pricing Memoranda

PR-3

JWOD Act Pricing Memorandum #3 is the Pricing Memorandum that describes the current rules (as defined by the Committee for Purchase) for pricing contracts. PR-3 allows for more negotiation and a more flexible escalation rate schedule for follow-on years.

PR-6

JWOD Act Pricing Memorandum #6 is the old Pricing Memorandum now replaced by PR-3

Pre-Award Conference

Conference held by the government procuring activity with a contractor to ensure complete understanding of the tasks to be performed.

Pre-Award Survey

Survey conducted by the government customer to determine a contractor's capability to perform and produce tasks to be performed.

Pre-position Stock

Place equipment or suppliers near the point of planned use.

Pre-Production Guide

Manual delineating tasks to be accomplished in engineering a product in preparation for a Government Preaward Survey.

Pre-Production Plan

Results from the Pre-Production Guide Tasks.

Preliminary Assessment

Examination of a company's quality assurance system against ISO 9000 to determine how close the company is to being in conformance with an ISO 9000 standard

PREPRO

Pre-production sample

Prevailing Wage Rate

Wage rate prevailingly paid for a particular type of work; a wage rate that is paid to an experienced worker who is not "disabled for the work performed."

Prevocational Trainer

Rehabilitation staff responsible for upgrading vocational strengths and eliminating weaknesses of a person who is blind.

Prevocational Training (Work Adjustment)

Process through which strengths in vocational evaluation are upgraded and weaknesses eliminated.

Pricing Criteria

Procedures established by U.S. AbilityOne Commission for determining and revising Fair Market Prices of commodities/services.

Primary Business Partner

NPAs involved in the AbilityOne Program with SourceAmerica

PRIME

Plastics Removal in Marine Environment

Priorities

In the purchase by the government of commodities --- including military resale, produced and offered for sale by AbilityOne associated nonprofit agencies --- priority is given to commodities produced and sold by NIB associated agencies.

Priority

A legislative/regulatory law under the AbilityOne Program providing a priority system in the procurement of federal government commodities. The priority is extended to the Federal Prison Industries, NIB and SourceAmerica, in that order, for products; however, there is no priority for services. They are first come, first served.

Procedures

Level II Documents; detailed guidelines describing how processes are to operate and how the various processes are to fit together

Process Quality Audit

Analysis of elements of a process and appraisal of completeness correctness of conditions and probable effectiveness

Procurement Lead Time

The time interval in months between the initiation of the procurement action and the receipt of the first item into the supply system. It is composed of administrative and production lead time.

Procuring Activity

Government purchasing office for a particular commodity

Procuring Advisory Committee

NIB and associated agency personnel who make marketing recommendations for the Military Resale Program.

Product Cost Analysis

Process of documenting cost of producing a product.

Product Quality Audit

Quantitative assessment of conformance to required product characteristics.

Product/Service Liability

Term used to describe the onus on a producer or others to make restitution for loss related to personal injury property damage or other harm caused by a product or service.

Production Lead Time

Phase in the procurement cycle consisting of the time interval between the award of a contract and completion of manufacture of the item for the first scheduled shipment.

Production Scheduling

Process of planning a manufacturing operation to produce items by the date needed.

Productivity Studies/Time Studies

The industrial work measurement methods used by the employer to establish standard production rates of workers "not disabled for the work performed."

Program Executive Office (PEO)

Supports the soldier (Army) as a system concept through acquisition of all warrior systems.

PTO

Paid Time Off

PTU

Pilot Training Uniform

PWS

Performance Work Statement; identifies technical, functional, and performance characteristics. It describes the outcome as opposed to describing how a function is to be performed. The PWS is more commonly used for services contracts.

PX

Post Exchange; AAFES exchange store on an Army Installation.