In the arcana of US government acquisition terms, "indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity" is a big one. But you don't want to mix your words up, or you might make an inadvertently hilarious, Freudian-like slip, which Lockheed Martin managed to do in a press release issued this morning. To wit:
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has named Howard Yellen Vice President of Special Operations Support Contractor Logistics Support Services (SOF CLSS). His primary responsibility is executing a 10-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quality contract, potentially worth $5 billion, providing logistics support to U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) around the globe.[UPDATE: I owe Lockheed an apology. For horrendous typos, nothing beats this unfortunate error (see caption) last week on the US Marine Corps' official Flickr page. See URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/marine_corps/5057190082/]
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