MIL-STD-130M Change 1 :: DEFINITIONS


pp. NSN - National Stock Number
qq. ODA - Original Design Activity
rr. ORG - Original
ss. O/PN - Original Part Number (alt. OPN)
tt. OTS - Off-The-Shelf
uu. PIN - Part or Identifying Number (alt. PNR, PN, P/N))
vv. PO# - Purchase Order Number
ww. SER - Serial Number (alt. SN, S/N, SERNO)
xx. SOCN - Source Control Notation
yy. SPL - Supplier (alt. SPLR)
zz. TEI - Text Element Identifier
aaa. UID - Unique Identification
bbb. UII - Unique Item Identifier
ccc. U.S. - United States (alt. US)
ddd. VIN - Vehicle Identification Number
eee. VICD - Vendor Item Control Drawing

3.2 Acquiring activity. The element of the agency/command that identifies and initiates a contract requirement or may have been tasked by another agency/command to be responsible for developing the contract requirement and monitoring the acquisitions. This can either be a Government or contractor flow-down to their suppliers.

3.3 Acquisition instrument identification number. The Government acquiring activity's contract or purchase order number. When an order shows both a contract number and a purchase order number, the number used is determined by the acquiring activity.

3.4 Altered, selected, source control, or vendor item controlled items. Items depicted on altered item, selected item, source control, or vendor item control drawings in accordance with the definitions and requirements contained in ASME Y14.24.

3.5 Assembly. A number of parts or subassemblies or any combination thereof joined together to perform a specific function and subject to disassembly without degradation of any of the parts (e.g., power shovel-front, fan assembly, audio-frequency amplifier.)
NOTE: The distinction between an assembly and a subassembly is determined by individual application. An assembly in one instance may be a subassembly in another where it forms a portion of a higher assembly. (ASME Y14.100)

3.6 Commercial and government entity (CAGE) code. A five-position alphanumeric code with a numeric in the first and last positions (e.g., 27340, 2A345, 2AA45, or 2AAA5), excluding the letters I and O assigned to U. S. organizations which manufacture and/or control the design of items supplied to a Government Military or Civil Agency or assigned to U.S. organizations, primarily for identifying contractors in the mechanical interchange of data required by MILSCAP and the Service/Agency automatic data processing (ADP) systems. (see DoD 4100.39-M Volume 7).

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