Attachment 0004 - Definitions and Acronyms List.pdf
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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
Attachment 004 W58RGZ-26-R-0029
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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