[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR7.101]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 7_ACQUISITION PLANNING--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart 7.1_Acquisition Plans
 
Sec.  7.101  Definitions.


    As used in this subpart--
    Acquisition streamlining, means any effort that results in more 
efficient and effective use of resources to design and develop, or 
produce quality systems. This includes ensuring that only necessary and 
cost-effective requirements are included, at the most appropriate time 
in the acquisition cycle, in solicitations and resulting contracts for 
the design, development, and production of new systems, or for 
modifications to existing systems that involve redesign of systems or 
subsystems.

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    Life-cycle cost means the total cost to the Government of acquiring, 
operating, supporting, and (if applicable) disposing of the items being 
acquired.
    Order means an order placed under a--
    (1) Federal Supply Schedule contract; or
    (2) Task-order contract or delivery-order contract awarded by 
another agency, (i.e., Governmentwide acquisition contract or multi-
agency contract).
    Planner, means the designated person or office responsible for 
developing and maintaining a written plan, or for the planning function 
in those acquisitions not requiring a written plan.

[48 FR 42124, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 1735, Jan. 11, 1985; 
50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985; 53 FR 34226, Sept. 2, 1988; 60 FR 48236, 
Sept. 18, 1995; 66 FR 2128, Jan. 10, 2001; 67 FR 56118, Aug. 30, 2002]