Terms and Definitions
| acquisition and cross-servicing agreement - Agreement, negotiated on a bilateral basis with United States allies or coalition partners, that allow United States forces to exchange most common types of support, including food, fuel, transportation, ammunition, and equipment. Also called ACSA. See also cross-servicing. | (SOURCE - DOD, DOD Dictionary, JP 4‐08) |
| acquisition cost - All costs to the U.S. Government for putting the property into use when the property is originally acquired. It includes the amount paid to vendors plus any transportation charges, installation/ assembly, handling charges and storage costs, labor and other direct or indirect production costs (for goods produced or constructed), and outside services for designs, plans, or specifications, billed from sources other than the vendor. It does not include training costs or warranty costs. When the acquisition cost of an item is unavailable, the fair-market value of the item is considered the acquisition cost. | (SOURCE - DOS/ USAID, FAM, 14 FAM 411.4) |
| acquisition cost - the amount prudently required to be expended by a public housing agency in acquiring property for a low-income housing project. | (SOURCE - DHS/ DOT, US Code 42, §1437a.) |
| acquisition cost of equipment - the net invoice price of the equipment, including the cost of modifications, attachments, accessories, or auxiliary apparatus necessary to make the property usable for the purpose for which it was acquired. Other charges, such as the cost of installation, transportation, taxes, duty or protective in-transit insurance, shall be included or excluded from the unit acquisition cost in accordance with the recipient's regular accounting practices. | (SOURCE - White House, OMB, Circular A‐110) |
| acquisition decision event - predetermined point within the acquisition phases at which the investment will undergo a review prior to commencement of the next phase. | (SOURCE - DHS, DHS Lexicon, Terms) |
| acquisition plan - The result of the coordinated and integrated efforts of all personnel responsible for an acquisition working together to develop a comprehensive plan for fulfilling the agency need in a timely manner and at a reasonable cost. DOSAR requires domestic requirements offices to develop formal, written acquisition plans for all acquisitions whose value, including base and all option amounts, exceeds $5 million. | (SOURCE - DOS/ USAID, FAH, 14 FAH‐2 H‐124.1) |
| acquisition planning - the process by which the efforts of all personnel responsible for an acquisition are coordinated and integrated through a comprehensive plan for fulfilling the agency need in a timely manner and at a reasonable cost. It includes developing the overall strategy for managing the acquisition. | (SOURCE - GSA/ DOD, FAR, VOL I CH A) |
| acquisition planning - The process by which the efforts of all personnel responsible for an acquisition are coordinated and integrated through a comprehensive plan to fulfill needs in a timely manner and at a reasonable cost. This includes developing the overall strategy for managing the acquisition. | (SOURCE - DOS/ USAID, FAM, 14 FAM 112) |
| acquisition support agencies - Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities that carry out and provide support for acquisition-related activities. | (SOURCE - DOD, US Code 10, §2333.) |
| acquisition workforce - individuals who perform various acquisition-related functions to support the accomplishment of the mission of an agency, including requirements definition, measurement of contract performance, and technical and management direction. | (SOURCE - White House, OMB, Circular A‐123) |
| acquisitions - Used generically to include both light-duty motor vehicles and medium-duty passenger vehicles acquired by procurement, lease, transfer, forfeiture, or confiscation. | (SOURCE - DOS/ USAID, FAM, 6 FAM 1936.2) |
| acquisitions period - One of the three periods in the project cycle proceeded by study period and followed by the operations period. The acquisition period encompasses the source selection period. | (SOURCE - DOS/ USAID, FAM, 5 FAM 613) |
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