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PA

Procurement Agency

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.

PBS

Public Buildings Service (GSA)

PBSD

People who are blind or severely disabled

PCER

Price Change Exception Request

PCO

Procuring Contracting Officer

PE

Purchase Exception: A Central Nonprofit Agency will normally grant a purchase exception for a contracting activity to procure from commercial sources commodities or services on the Procurement List when both of the following conditions are met:
• (1) The Central Nonprofit Agency or its nonprofit agency(ies) cannot furnish a commodity or service within the period specified, and
• (2) The commodity or service is available from commercial sources in the quantities needed and significantly sooner than it will be available from the nonprofit agency(ies).

PEO

Program Executive Office

Performance-Based Service Contracting (PBSC)

Performance-Based Service Contracting: A government model for developing services contracts which emphasizes that 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.

PF&D

Personal Time, Fatigue, and Delay

PFI

Plant Facility Inspection

PI

Producer Price Index

PL

Procurement List: A list of commodities (including military resale commodities) and services the Commission has determined suitable to be furnished to the government by nonprofit agencies for the blind or nonprofit agencies employing persons with significant disabilities pursuant to the JWOD Act and associated regulations.

PLIMS

Procurement List Information Management System: 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)

PM

Program Management / Project Manager

PMO

Project or Program Management Office

PO

Purchase Order

POC

Point of Contact

PPC

Product Price Change

PPE

Personal Protective Equipment

PPI

Producer Price Index

PPM

Packaging, Pricing, and Marketing

PR

Pricing Memoranda

PR-2

JWOD Act Pricing Memorandum #2 (PR-2) is the Pricing Memorandum that describes the current rules (as defined by the U.S. AbilityOne Commission) for pricing PRODUCTS contracts.

PR-3

JWOD Act Pricing Memorandum #3 (PR-3) is the Pricing Memorandum that describes the current rules (as defined by the U.S. AbilityOne Commission) for pricing SERVICE 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 (PR-6) is the old Pricing Memorandum now replaced by PR-3.

PREPRO

Pre-production Sample

Prevailing Wage

A wage rate that is paid to an experienced worker who is not "disabled for the work performed."

Primary Business Partner

NPAs involved in the AbilityOne Program with SourceAmerica.

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."

PWS

Performance Work Statement: The PWS 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.