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Here are common terms and acronyms used by Affinity and applicable websites:

APEX Accelerators: APEX provides technical assistance to businesses interested in selling products or services to federal, state, and local governments. Additionally, APEX Accelerators can help your small business: 1)Determine if you're ready for federal contracting; 2)Help you register in the proper places; and 3)See if you're eligible for small business certifications; 4)Assist you in researching past contract opportunities.

https://www.sba.gov/local-assistance/federal-contracting-assistance


Cape Statement:  Capability Statement, a "resume" for your business, usually one page


CM:  Federal Contract Manager


COR:  Federal Contracting Officer Representative


DBA:  Doing Business As


DoD:  U.S. Department of Defense


EIN: Employer ID Number - issued by the IRS, for business tax ID purposes.

https://www.irs.gov


FAR: The Federal Acquisition Regulation is the principal set of rules regarding Government procurement in the United States, and is codified at Chapter 1 of Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 48 CFR 1. It covers many of the contracts issued by the US military and NASA, as well as US civilian federal agencies. 

https://www.acquisition.gov/


KO:  Contracting Officer  


NAICS Codes:  The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is a 6-digit category number, used to identify types of work for federal contracts. It is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments under the types of business a company does.

https://www.census.gov


RFP:  Request for Proposal


RFQ:  Request for Quote


SAM.gov:  The System for Award Management, or sam.gov, is a free website that allows businesses to register to do business with the US government. It also allows businesses to update and renew their registration. 

https://www.sam.gov


SBA:  U.S. Small Business Administration. https://www.sba.gov


SBA 8(a) Business Development Program: Federal contracting and training program for experienced small business owners who are socially and economically disadvantaged.

https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistance-programs/8a-business-development-program


SCORE: US Small Business Administration Business Mentoring.  

https://www.sba.gov/local-assistance/resource-partners/score-business-mentoring


SDBs:  Small Disadvantaged Businesses


SDV: Service Disabled Veteran


Set-Aside: Category you may qualify for. To help provide a level playing field for small businesses, the government limits competition for certain contracts to small companies. Those contracts are called "small business set-asides" and they help small businesses compete for federal contracts


SIC Codes: Standard Industrial Classification Codes, 4-digit numbers, for state and other contracts, type of business a company does


SOW:  Statement of Work


Sub S:  Subchapter S corporation status


SunBiz:  Florida registration site for your business


UEI:  Unique Entity ID, issued for federal vendors, obtained automatically when registering with sam.gov


USA Government website: https://www.usa.gov

 

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