appropriate congressional committeesmeans the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
Chief Acquisition Officermeans the officer appointed under section 308 of this title.
counter-UAShas the meaning given such term in section 44801 of title 49.
customer of a major acquisition programmeans the operating field unit of the Coast Guard that will field the system or systems acquired under a major acquisition program.
lead systems integratorhas the meaning given such term in section 805(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163).
Level 2 acquisitionmeans an acquisition by the Coast Guard—
life-cycle costmeans all costs for development, procurement, construction, and operations and support for a particular capability or asset, without regard to funding source or management control.
major acquisition programmeans an ongoing acquisition undertaken by the Coast Guard with a life-cycle cost estimate greater than or equal to $300,000,000.
project or program managermeans an individual designated—
qualifying proposalmeans a proposal that contains sufficient information to enable complete and meaningful audits of the information contained in the proposal as determined by the contracting officer.
safety concernmeans any hazard associated with a capability or asset or a subsystem of a capability or asset that is likely to cause serious bodily injury or death to a typical Coast Guard user in testing, maintaining, repairing, or operating the capability, asset, or subsystem or any hazard associated with the capability, asset, or subsystem that is likely to cause major damage to the capability, asset, or subsystem during the course of its normal operation by a typical Coast Guard user.
service life extension programmeans a capital investment that is solely intended to extend the service life and address obsolescence of components or systems of a particular capability or asset.
undefinitized contractual actionmeans a new procurement action entered into by the Coast Guard for which the contractual terms, specifications, or price are not agreed upon before performance is begun under the action.