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This file is a Definitions & Acronym List for Maintenance Service Support (MSS) under contract W58RGZ-26-R-0029, issued by the Apache Division CENTCOM A Aviation Directorate for Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Corp (RSLFAC). The document was originally issued on March 15, 2024, with revisions added on March 24, 2024 (adding Qualified Repair Sources definition) and April 16, 2024 (post legal review realignment). The list contains 40 detailed definitions of maintenance and contract-related terms including Causative Research, Depot Repair, Field Maintenance, Maintenance Engineering Call, Maintenance Operational Check, Material, Modification, One-Time Repair, and Serviceable condition, among others. Key definitions address maintenance organizational distinctions (AVUM vs. AVIM), repair capabilities, and specific maintenance processes such as de-puddling, non-destructive inspections, and sustaintment level maintenance.

The acronym section comprises over 140 entries covering military and federal organizations, technical systems, procurement terminology, and operational procedures relevant to Army aviation maintenance. Notable acronyms include RSLFAC (Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Corp), SAMD (Security Assistance Management Directorate), TAMMS (The Army Maintenance Management System), and various maintenance-related terms such as MEO (Maintenance Engineering Order), MOC (Maintenance Operational Check), and OTR (One-Time Repair). The document was prepared by Sean R. Rivers and approved by LaTonya Alford, Chief of Apache Division CENTCOM A Aviation Directorate, with digital signatures dated December 11, 2025, and December 16, 2025, respectively.

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W58RGZ-26-R-0029 Attachment 0004

Definitions & Acronym List

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Maintenance Service Support (MSS) – RSLFAC

Definition & Acronym List (MSS)

Change History Revision Changes 15 March 2024 Original Issue for RFP.

24 March 2024 Added Qualified Repair Sources definition.

16 April 2024 Post legal review; realigned list.

Prepared by:

Sean R. Rivers RIVERS.SEA

Digitally signed by

RIVERS.SEAN.REN

COR N.RENARD.1 ARD.1107903590

Apache Division CENTCOM A sean.r.rivers.civ@army.mil

Date: 2025.12.11 14:33:25 -06'00'

APPROVED by:

LaTonya Alford Chief, Apache Division CENTCOM A Aviation Directorate, SAMD latonya.l.alford.civ@army.mil

ALFORD.LATON

YA.L.106593726

Digitally signed by

ALFORD.LATONYA.L.106593

Date: 2025.12.16 14:28:16 -06'00'

107903590 mailto:sean.r.rivers.civ@army.mil mailto:latonya.l.alford.civ@army.mil

Definitions & Acronyms

Causative Research: An investigation of discrepancies to include a complete review of all transactions occurring since the last completed inventory. The purpose of causative research is to identify, analyze, and evaluate the cause(s) of inventory discrepancies to eliminate repetitive errors. Causative research ends either when the cause is found or after the review of transactions back to the last inventory are reconciled and there have been no conclusive findings identified.

Ceiling Price: Price in the contract or order that the contractor exceeds at its own risk.

Complete: Having all necessary parts, elements and steps fully carried out;

concluded; brought to an end; no other steps remain.

Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP): Contractor plan encompassing the total management approach for achieving the contract requirements and ensuring total contract performance.

Component: A group of physically connected assemblies or parts, which is capable of independent operation but may be externally controlled, or derives its power from another source, and, when combined with other components, assemblies, and parts, forms a functional group or end item.

Consumable Item: Parts or materials which are consumed by usage or have one-time usage, normally losing identity upon application with, and/or assembled into the equipment.

Contracting Officers Representative (COR): A person designated in writing which represents the PCO in the day-to-day operations of the contract. See COR letter for specific authority.

Critical parts: Parts where supply status is received, and the estimated shipping date exceeds the required delivery date.

Depot Repair: Maintenance involving the overhaul of economically repairable material to augment the procurement program in satisfying overall requirements when required to provide for repair or material beyond the capability of AVIM maintenance organizations. Depot maintenance includes performance of tests and inspections in support of National Inventory Control Point (NICP) requirements and National Maintenance Point (NMP) standards.

De-puddling: Is the process of removing residual fuel from cells/tanks after defueling.

Depot Repair: Maintenance involving the overhaul of economically repairable material to augment the procurement program in satisfying overall requirements when required to provide for repair or material beyond the capability of AVIM maintenance organizations. Depot maintenance includes performance of tests and inspections in support of National Inventory Control Point (NICP) requirements and National Maintenance Point (NMP) standards.

De-puddling: Is the process of removing residual fuel from cells/tanks after defueling.

Field Maintenance: Maintenance performed, consisting of high frequency on or off the aircraft tasks required to retain or return aircraft to a Fully Mission Capable (FMC) condition. Categories of maintenance shall be as identified by the Maintenance Allocation Chart (MAC) in applicable publications.

Ground Government Flight Representative (GGFR): The Government representative responsible for maintaining survelillance of a Ground and Flight Risk (known as GFRC) for ground operations.

Maintenance Engineering Call (MEC): Used to address deviations from prescribed maintenance procedures and/or inspection criteria, processes, and/or procedures in the appropriate maintenance technical manual (hard copy and electronic media, all versions) for the end item.

Maintenance engineering order (MEO): a change to authorized maintenance practice(s) to ensure continuous airworthiness and serves as a publication change document. It is used to update, correct, or change the current prescribed technical and/or maintenance procedures, inspection criteria, and processes in the appropriate technical manual (hard copy and electronic media, all versions) for the end item.

Maintenance Operational Check (MOC): Checks accomplished on the ground through engine run-up, aircraft taxiing or use of auxiliary power or testing equipment, in such a manner as to simulate, insofar as possible, conditions under which the system is to operate to assure the aircraft systems or components which were disturbed during an inspection or maintenance action, have been repaired, reassembled or adjusted satisfactorily.

Man-Hours (MH): Direct Labor as measured in man-hours is labor expended in direct support of an aircraft/AGSE work order or in direct support of a back shop work order. It does not include indirect or non-productive time.

Material: Property that may be consumed or expended during the performance of a contract, component parts of a higher assembly, or items that lose their individual identity through incorporation into an end-item. Material does not include equipment, special tooling and special test equipment.

Modification: Any post production alteration of a permanent nature done to an end item, component, assembly or support equipment.

One-Time Repair (OTR): An authorization by AMC to provide a maintenance organization with a one-time authorization to perform maintenance to the national maintenance standard on an item of equipment when it is in the Army’s operational and/or readiness interest or critical to mission accomplishment.

Primary Work Site: Base location established by the contract in which the employee is required to perform the work to be accomplished.

Procurement Contracting Officer (PCO): A person who either by virtue of his/her position and appointment has the authority to enter into and administer contracts and make determinations and findings with respect thereto. The PCO is the only person with authority to make changes to the contract and bind the Government.

Program Management Review (PMR): Government and Contractor joint meeting to include program management personnel from both sides where recent historical contract performance is analyzed and actions are taken to resolve issues or enhance future contract performance.

Qualified Repair Source: Sources which the contractor has received documented approval of such status from the Original Equipment Manufacturer USG repair depots; commercial vendors licensed by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA);

commercial vendors licensed by other national authorities internationally recognized to license such repair work; Saudi Arabian commercial vendors licensed by the Presidency of Civil Aviation or one of the previously mentioned licensing authorities; and other repair sources whose repair capabilities have been reviewed and approved by RSLFAC and provided as an update to the COR and shared with the contractor.

Residence: An employee’s "residence is defined as that employee’s residence prior to commencing work at a site.

Safety-of-Flight Condition: One in which failure or malfunction would present a hazardous condition to the end item or personnel during pre-flight, in-flight or post-flight aircraft operations.

Serviceable: Capable of meeting the requirement and performing the function for which it was designed and meets all test requirements established by the Work Specification.

Special Processes: Processes that include but are not limited to Flight-line driving, fuel handling, brush plating, confined space, aircraft flight control rigging by MDS, Fuel system maintenance by MDS, respirator (to include fitting), cold working structural repair process, packaging of HAZMAT for shipment, painting of aircraft, and any other processes requiring work specific training.

Sustainment Level Maintenance: Maintenance performed on material requiring a complete rebuild of parts, assemblies, subassemblies and end items, including the fabrication of parts, modification, testing and reclamation.

Technical Bulletins (TB): A publication used to provide supplementary information to TMs. TBs may contain such things as maintenance expenditure limits, equipment improvement recommendation material, functional group code information, general information procedures for kit installation or special mission changes to material, warranty information, schematics and/or diagrams to supplement an IETM, ammunition information, and so forth. TBs do not contain operator or maintenance instructions, are not used for quick reference guides or other similarly named publications, are not used in lieu of operator or maintenance manuals or to change them, and do not contain parts information.

Technical Manuals (TM): The Aviation Unit Maintenance (AVUM),Aviation Intermediate Maintenance (AVIM), Technical Manual -23 series (IETM), Repair Parts and Special Tools List (RPSTL), Supplemental Manuals, Military Standards (MIL-STDS), Modification Work Order(MWO), Air Worthiness Release (AWR), Field Procedures, and Directives.

Temporary Work Site: A location where the employee is required to perform work on a short-term basis and is required to travel to the work site to accomplish the work, and then return to his/her primary work site.

Uncommon Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Any PPE that is not required by a majority of the work force in performance of this Contract.

Work Requirement: Negotiated work package described in this document.

ACC

Army Contracting Command

ACO

Administrative Contracting Officer

AFCS

Automatic Flight Control System

AGSE

Aircraft Ground Support Equipment

ALSE

Aviation Life Support Equipment

AMAM

Aviation Maintenance Advisory Messages

AMCOM Aviation and Missile Command

AMIM Aviation Maintenance Information Message

AOG Aircraft on Ground

AOR Area of Responsibility

AR Army Regulation

ASAM Aviation Safety Advisory Message

ASE Aircraft Survivability Equipment

ATE Automated Test Equipment

ATP Army Techniques Publication

ATSC

Advanced Test Program Set Software Changes

AVIM Aviation Intermediate Maintenance

AVUM Aviation Unit Maintenance

BER Beyond Economical Repair

BNCOC Basic Non-Commissioned Officer Course

CDRL Contract Data Requirements List

CFR Code of Federal Regulation

CFSR Contractor Field Service Representative

CLIN Contract Line-Item Number

CNE Certified Netware Engineer

COLA Cost of Living Allowance

CONUS Continental United States

DAASC

Defense Automated Addressing System Center

DAMES

Defense Automated Message Exchange System

DCMA

Defense Contract Management Agency

DLA

Defense Logistics Agency

DLI

Defense Language Institute

DMA

Directed Manning Augmentee

DOD

Department of Defense

DODD

Department of Defense Directive

DA PAM

Department of the Army Pamphlets

DSL

Document Summary List

DSSA

Depot Supply Support Activity

ECP

Engineering Change Proposals

EETF

Electronic Equipment Test Facility

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FAR

Federal Acquisition Regulations

FEDLOG

Federal Logistics Data

FFP

Firm Fixed Price

FMS

Foreign Military Sales

FOP

Flight Operating Procedure

FOUO

For Official Use Only

FT

Functional Test

G&A General and Administrative

GFE

Government Furnished Equipment

GFP

Government Furnished Property

GOP

Ground Operating Procedure

GSSA

General Supply Support Activity

HAZMAT Hazardous Material

HQDA

Headquarters, Department of the Army

IAW

In Accordance With

IETM

Integrated Electronic Technical Manuals

ILS

Integrated Logistics Services

IP

Internet Protocol

JAA

Joint Aviation Authority

JTR

Joint Travel Regulation

KKMC

King Kahlid Military City

KSA

LCAT

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Labor Category

LOA

Letter of Offer and Acceptance

MEL

Maximum Expenditure Limit

MODA MOS

Ministry of Defense and Aviation Military Occupational Specialty

MSS

Maintenance Support Services

MTFE

Maintenance Test Flight Examiner

MTP

Maintenance Test Pilot

MWO

Modification Work Orders

NDI

Non-Destructive Inspections

NISPOM

National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual

NOR

Notices of Revision

NTE

Not to Exceed

NVD

Night Vision Devices

OCONUS

Outside the Continental US

OJT

On-the-Job Training

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturers

PC

Production Control

PCO

Procurement Contracting Officer

PD Position Description

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PDSSF

Post Deployment Software Support Facility

PGSE

Peculiar Ground Support Equipment

PLL

Prescribed Load List

PMO

Program Management Office

PMR

Program Management Review

POE

Port of Entry

PO

Purchase Order

POL

Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants

PQDR

Product Quality Deficiency Report

PRs Purchase Requests

PSS

Personnel Support Services

QAS

Quality Assurance Specialist

R&R Repair and Return

RC

Recoverability Code

RSLFAC

Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Corp

SAG

Saudi Arabian Government

SAMD

Security Assistance Management Directorate

SDR

Supply Discrepancy Report

SOF

Safety of Flight

SOFA

Status of Forces Agreement

SOP

Standard Operating Procedure

SOW

Statement of Work

STTE

Special Tools and Test Equipment

SRD

Systems Readiness Directorate

SV

Saudia Airlines

TAA

Technical Assistance Agreement

TAMMS The Army Maintenance Management System

Attachment 004 W58RGZ-26-R-0029

TAT

Turn Around Time

TB

Technical Bulletins

TCN

Third Country National

TCP

Transport Control Protocol

TDE

Tear-Down-Evaluation

TDY

Temporary Duty

TM

Technical Manuals

TMDE

Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment

TPS

Test Program Set

TSS

Technical Support Services

USG

United States Government

WEB RoR Web Repair of Repairables

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