| 8(a) | Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act |
| AAF | Army Air Field |
| AAFES | Army Air Force Exchange Service |
| AAP | Army Ammunition Plant |
| ACC | Air Combat Command |
| ACO | Administrative Contracting Officer |
| ACSIM | Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (Army) |
| ADAL | Additions and Alterations |
| A/DACG | Arrival/Departure Air Control Group |
| AE | Architect Engineer |
| AF | Air Force |
| AFA | Air Force Academy |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| AFCEE | Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence |
| AMC | Air Mobility Command |
| AMC | Army Material Command |
| AMF | Army Modular Force |
| ANG | Air National Guard |
| ASA(I&E) | Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations and Environment |
| B | Billion |
| BCT | Brigade Combat Team |
| BRAC | Base Realignment and Closure |
| CAB | Combat Aviation Brigade |
| CACTF | Combined Arms Collective Training Facility |
| CAGE | Contractor and Government Entity Code (see www.ccr.gov) |
| CCR | Contractor Central Registraion (www.ccr.gov) |
| CMR | Construction Manager at Risk |
| COE | Corps of Engineers (US Army) - see also USACE (www.usace.army.mil) |
| CO/KO | Contracting Officer |
| COF | Combined Operations Facility |
| COR | Contracting Officer Representative |
| CoS | Center of Standardization |
| D/B; D-B | Design/Build |
| DD1391 | Form used to justify, plan and program (fund) Military Construction Projects |
| DLA | Defense Logistics Agency |
| DoD; DOD | Department of Defense |
| DODM | Department of Defense Medical |
| DPW | Director of Public Works |
| FAR | Federal Acquisition Regulations |
| FARA | Federal Acquisition Reform Act |
| FASA | Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act |
| FedBizOpps | Federal Business Opportunities; (www.fedbizopps.gov) or (www.fbo.gov) |
| FedTeDs | Federal Technical Data Solution (https://www.FedTeDs.gov) |
| FH | Family Housing |
| FT/Ft | Fort |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| GPI | Global Positioning Initiative |
| GSA | General Services Administration |
| HBCU/MI | Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| HQUSACE | Headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers (www.usace.army.mil) |
| HTRW | Hazardous, Toxic and Radiological Waste |
| HUBZone | Historically Underutilized Business Zone |
| ID | Infantry Division |
| IDIQ | Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract |
| IMA | Installation Management Agency (Army) |
| JOC | Job Order Contract |
| KO | Contracting Officer |
| KTR | Contractor |
| LB | Large Business |
| M | Million |
| MATOC | Multiple Award Task Order Contract |
| MCA | Military Construction, Army |
| MCAF | Military Construction, Air Force |
| MCAR | Military Construction Army Reserves |
| MEDCOM | US Army Medical Command |
| MFAB | Multi Function Aviation Brigade |
| MILCON | Military Construction |
| NAF | Non Appropriated Funds |
| NAICS | North American Industry Classification System |
| NAVFAC | Navy Facilities Engineering Command |
| NCO | Non Commissioned Officer |
| NG | National Guard Bureau |
| NWD | Northwestern Division, US Army, Corps of Engineers |
| NWK | Kansas City District, within Northwestern Division (www.nwk.usace.army.mil) |
| NWO | Omaha District, within Northwestern Division (www.nwo.usace.army.mil) |
| NWS | Seattle District, within Northwestern Division (www.nws.usace.army.mil) |
| O&M | Operation and Maintenance |
| OMA | Operation and Maintenance, Army |
| OMAF | Operation and Maintenance, Air Force |
| OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| PA | Programmed Amount |
| PARC | Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting |
| PCR | Procurement Center Representative (Small Business Administration) |
| PH | Phase |
| PM | Project Manager |
| PTAC | Procurement Technical Assistance Center |
| PW | Public Works |
| RAPCON | Radar Approach Control Facility |
| Res | Army Reserves |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| ROTC | Reserve Officers Training Corps |
| SADBU | Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization |
| SATOC | Single Award Task Order Contract |
| SB | Small Business |
| SBA | Small Business Administration (www.sba.gov) |
| SDB | Small Disadvantaged Business |
| SDDC | Surface Deployment Distribution Command |
| SDVOSB | Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business |
| SFG | Special Forces Group |
| SOF | Special Operations Forces |
| SPT | Small Projects Team |
| TO | Task Order |
| UA | Units of Action |
| USACE | US Army, Corps of Engineers (www.usace.army.mil) |
| USASOC | US Army Special Operations Command |
| VMS | Vehicle Maintenance Shop |
| VOSB | Veteran Owned Small Business |
| WBR | Whole Barracks Renewal |
| WOB/WOSB | Women-Owned Business (Small Business) |