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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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