CHAPTER 1 STANDARD SUPPLY CODES 1.1 ... - Air Force Link
CHAPTER 1 STANDARD SUPPLY CODES 1.1 ... - Air Force Link
CHAPTER 1 STANDARD SUPPLY CODES 1.1 ... - Air Force Link
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AFMAN 23-110 Volume 1<br />
Part 4, Chapter 1<br />
Acquisition Explanation<br />
Method<br />
Code<br />
J (Reserved)<br />
K This part must be produced from class 1 castings and similar type forgings controlled by<br />
procedures contained in MIL-STD-2175.<br />
L The annual buy value of this part falls below the screening threshold but it has been<br />
screened for known sources.<br />
M Manufacture of this part requires use of master or coordinated tooling.<br />
N This item requires special test and/or inspection facilities to determine and maintain ultraprecision<br />
quality for the items function or system integrity.<br />
O The part was not assigned an AMSC when it entered the inventory, nor has it ever completed<br />
screening. Use of this code in conjunction with AMC "O" is sometimes necessary<br />
but discouraged.<br />
P The rights to use the data needed to purchase this part from additional sources is not owned<br />
by the government and cannot be purchased, developed, reverse engineered or otherwise<br />
obtained.<br />
Q The government does not have adequate data, lacks the rights to data, or both, needed to<br />
purchase this part from additional sources. Full screening actions have been underway for<br />
12 or more months but breakout to competition has not been achieved. However, actions<br />
to remove competitive impediments are continuing.<br />
R The data or the rights to use the data needed to purchase this item from additional sources<br />
are not owned by the government, and it is uneconomical to acquire them by purchase or<br />
to reverse engineer the item. This code is used when the government did not initially purchase<br />
the data and/or rights.<br />
S Acquisition of this item is restricted to government approved sources because the production<br />
of the item involves unclassified but militarily sensitive technology.<br />
T Acquisition of this part is controlled by qualified products list (QPL) procedures.<br />
U This item is uneconomical to compete.<br />
V This item has been designated a high reliability part under a formal reliability program.<br />
W (Reserved)<br />
X (Not authorized)<br />
Y The design of this part is unstable.<br />
Z This part is a commercial/non-developmental/off-the-shelf item.<br />
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