The list below provides a brief guide for you -- some of the common terms and acronyms used by Affinity and found on various websites that we mention.

APEX Accelerators: APEX is a federal office, and it provides free 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 are ready for federal contracting; 2)understand how to register in the proper places;  3)see if you are eligible for small business certifications; and 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. You may go online and search it for contract opportunities as often as you wish. 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 State registration site for businesses located in the State

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

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

~~ Additional definitions are added in this section on occasion~~