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APPENDIX A
Summary <strong>of</strong> Data
This appendix presents data on institutions
and procedures that govern <strong>the</strong> resolution <strong>of</strong>
disputes concerning <strong>the</strong> award and performance
<strong>of</strong> Government contracts. It reflects <strong>the</strong>
responses to questionnaires sent to industry,
including representatives <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> small business
community, and to Government procuring
agencies. The industry respondents were selected
at random from lists prepared by business
associations, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> staff, and
Study Group 4 (Legal Remedies).
Information concerning <strong>the</strong> General Accounting
Office (GAO) is based on interviews
with GAO personnel and examination <strong>of</strong> pertinent
GAO files. Pr<strong>of</strong>ile data on about 2,800
contract disputes were obtained from 13 agency
responses to a questionnaire prepared by Study
Group 4. Additional data may be found in
Volume II <strong>of</strong> its report.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
For convenience <strong>of</strong> tabulating <strong>the</strong> data, <strong>the</strong>
following abbreviations have been used.
AEC
AECBCA
AFLC
ASBCA
BCA
CO
COMMBCA
CPAF
CPFF
Atomic Energy <strong>Commission</strong>
Atomic Energy <strong>Commission</strong>
Board <strong>of</strong> Contract Appeals
Air Force Logistics Command
Armed Services Board <strong>of</strong> Contract
Appeals
Board <strong>of</strong> Contract Appeals
Contracting Officer
Commerce Department Board <strong>of</strong>
Contract Appeals
Cost-plus-award-fee
Cost-plus-a-fixed-fee
CPIF
D.C. Govt.
DOD
DOT
DOTCAB
DSA
ENGBCA
FAA
FHA
FP
FPI
GAO
GSA
GSABCA
HEW
HUD
IBCA
IFB
Langley
NASA
NASABCA
SOW/S&D
VA
VACAB
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Cost-plus-incentive-fee
District <strong>of</strong> Columbia
Government
Department <strong>of</strong> Defense
Department <strong>of</strong> Transportation
Department <strong>of</strong> Transportation
Contract Appeals Board
Defense Supply Agency
Corps <strong>of</strong> Engineers Board <strong>of</strong>
Contract Appeals
Federal Aviation
Administration
Federal Highway
Administration
Fixed-price
Fixed-price-incentive
General Accounting Office
General Services Administration
General Services Administration
Board <strong>of</strong> Contract Appeals
Department <strong>of</strong> Health,
Education, and Welfare
Department <strong>of</strong> Housing and
Urban Development
Department <strong>of</strong> Interior Board
<strong>of</strong> Contract Appeals
Invitations for bids
Langley Air Force Base
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration Board <strong>of</strong>
Contract Appeals
Statement <strong>of</strong> Work/Specification
and Design
Veterans Administration
Veterans Administration
Contract Appeals Board