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COMMON ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS OF CITY AND OTHER AGENCIES

 

Listed below are simple explanations of some of the most common abbreviations in the CROL:


AB

AC

ACCO

AMT

BL

CSB

CB/PQ

CP          

CP/PQ

CR

DA

DUE

EM      

IG  

LBE

M/WBE

NA

NOTICE

OLB

PIN     

PPB     

PQ

RS

SCE

DP

SS

ST/FED

Acceptable Brands List

Accelerated Procurement

Agency Chief Contracting Officer

Amount of Contract

Bidders List

Competitive Sealed Bidding   (including multi-step)

CB from Prequalified Vendor List

Competitive Sealed Proposal   (including multi-step)

CP from Prequalified Vendor List

The City Record newspaper

Date bid/proposal documents available

Bid/Proposal due date; bid opening date

Emergency Procurement

Intergovernmental Purchasing

Locally Based Business Enterprise

Minority/Women’s Business Enterprise

Negotiated Acquisition

Date Intent to Negotiate Notice was published in CR

Award to Other Than Lowest Responsive Bidder/Proposer

Procurement Identification Number

Procurement Policy Board

Pre-qualified Vendors List

Source required by state/federal law or grant

Service Contract Short-Term Extension

Demonstration Project

Sole Source Procurement

Subject to State &/or Federal requirements

KEY TO METHODS OF SOURCE SELECTION The Procurement Policy Board (PPB) of the City of New York has by rule defined the appropriate methods of source selection for City procurement and reasons justifying their use. The CR procurement notices of many agencies include an abbreviated reference to the source selection method utilized. The following is a list of those methods and the abbreviations used:

CSB

 

CP

CP/1   

CP/2 

CP/3

CB/PQ/4  

CP/PQ/4

DP

SS 

RS 

NA 

NA/8 

NA/9

NA/10

NA/11

NA/12  

WA

WA1

WA2

WA3

IG 

IG/F 

IG/S

IG/O

EM

EM/A

EM/B

EM/C

EM/D

AC 

SCE

 

 


OLB/a

OLB/b

OLB/c

OLB/d

Competitive Sealed Bidding (including multi-step)

Special Case Solicitations / Summary of Circumstances:

Competitive Sealed Proposal (including multi-step)

Specifications not sufficiently definite

Judgement required in best interest of City

Testing required to evaluate

CB or CP from Prequalified Vendor List/

 Advance qualification screening needed

Demonstration Project

Sole Source Procurement/only one source

Procurement from a Required Source/ST/FED

Negotiated Acquisition for ongoing construction project only

Compelling programmatic needs

New contractor needed for changed/additional work

Change in scope, essential to solicit one or limited no. of contractors

Immediate successor contractor required due to termination/default

Specialized legal services needed; CP not advantageous

Solicitation Based on Waiver/Summary of Circumstances 
 (Client Services/CSB or CP only)

Prevent loss of sudden outside funding

 Existing contractor unavailable/immediate need

Unsuccessful efforts to contract/need continues

Intergovernmental Purchasing (award only)

Federal

State

Other

Emergency Procurement (award only) An unforeseen danger to:

Life

Safety

PropertyQ

 A necessary service

Accelerated Procurement/markets w/ short-term price fluctuations

Service Contract Extension/insufficient time; necessary service; fair price

 

Award to Other Than Lowest Responsible & Responsive Bidder or

 Proposer/Reason (award only)

anti-apartheid preference

local vendor preference

 recycled preference

 other: (specify)

 


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