ACAMP (Allied camouflage and concealment publication)

ACAMP stands for Allied camouflage and concealment publication. It is a NATO and allied military abbreviation that names a publication on camouflage and concealment, recorded in NATO's glossary of acronyms and abbreviations under the NATO standardization community.

The term describes a document, not a procurement procedure, a certification, a contract type or a standalone product standard. NATO's English-French glossary gives the French form as "publication interalliée sur le camouflage et la dissimulation". Suppliers who see the acronym in defence-related material should read it as a reference to an allied publication in this subject area.

How NATO records the ACAMP abbreviation

The meaning of ACAMP is set out in AAP-15, the NATO glossary of acronyms and abbreviations, in its 2013 edition. The glossary is bilingual, so each English entry is paired with its French equivalent. That is where the French rendering of ACAMP comes from, and the entry sits within the NATO standardization context the glossary describes. The full document is available from the NATO Archives.

The glossary entry identifies the term and its expansion. It does not give a document number, an edition, a technical requirement or a performance standard for ACAMP.

NATOTerm and the official terminology behind ACAMP

NATO maintains an official terminology database called NATOTerm. It holds non-classified military terminology and terminology relevant to NATO. The NATO Terminology Office, which is part of the NATO Standardization Office, maintains it. Anyone who needs to confirm how NATO uses a term can consult NATOTerm directly.

Because the ACAMP expansion comes from a NATO publication and sits within NATO's official terminology system, the English and French forms above are the ones to use in bid documents and internal notes.

What ACAMP is not

ACAMP is an abbreviation for a type of publication. It does not name a Canadian contract vehicle, a supply arrangement, a standing offer or a bidder qualification. It also does not by itself tell a supplier which technical requirements apply. Any requirement would come from the content of the specific publication and from the solicitation that refers to it.

Keep the expansion exact when you cite it: Allied camouflage and concealment publication. Do not shorten it to a general reference to camouflage standards, because the term refers to a publication and not to a product specification.

Where Canadian suppliers find federal procurement information

CanadaBuys is the federal source for tender opportunities. It publishes notices and gives access to procurement and contracting data, including contract history, standing offers and supply arrangements. You can browse current tender opportunities and review the procurement and contracting data that the portal makes available.

Use these pages to check any solicitation that mentions camouflage, concealment or allied publications, and to read the full tender documents before you decide to bid.

What ACAMP means for a supplier bidding on Canadian public contracts

ACAMP does not create a supplier obligation on its own. A requirement exists only where a Canadian solicitation or contract names a specific publication and states what the bidder must do about it.

• If a tender cites an ACAMP publication, record the exact document number and edition given in the tender documents.
• Ask the contracting authority, through the channel named in the notice, how to obtain any referenced publication and what evidence of compliance is expected.
• Cite the term as Allied camouflage and concealment publication in your proposal so reviewers see the same meaning NATO uses.