[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR204.7003]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                    CHAPTER 2--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
 
PART 204--ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart 204.70--Uniform Procurement Instrument Identification Numbers
 
Sec. 204.7003  Basic PII number.

    (a) Elements of a number. The number consists of 13 alpha-numeric 
characters grouped to convey certain information.
    (1) Positions 1 through 6. The first of the six positions, in upper 
case letters, identify the department/agency and office issuing the 
instrument.
    (i) Department/agency identification:

(A) Department of the Army.................  DA
(B) Department of the Navy (except Marine    N
 Corps).
(C) Department of the Air Force............  F
(D) Defense Information Systems Agency.....  DCA
(E) Defense Logistics Agency...............  S
(F) Defense Threat Reduction Agency........  DTRA
(G) National Imagery and Mapping Agency....  NMA
(H) Miscellaneous Defense Activities.......  MDA
(I) Marine Corps...........................  M
(J) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.  HQ0006 and H95001
(K) Defense Commissary Agency..............  DECA
(L) United States Special Operations         USZA
 Command.
(M) Defense Microelectronics Activity......  DMEA



    (ii) Issuing office identification. The remaining positions are the 
alpha-numeric characters that identify the issuing office. These 
characters are in appendix G.
    (iii) Use all six positions. If necessary, enter zeros between the 
department/agency identifier and the issuing office identifier.
    (2) Positions 7 through 8. The seventh and eighth positions are the 
last two digits of the fiscal year in which the PII number was assigned.
    (3) Position 9. Indicate the type of instrument by entering one of 
the following upper case letters in position nine--

    (i) Blanket purchase agreements--A
    (ii) Invitations for bids--B
    (iii) Contracts of all types except indefinite delivery contracts, 
facilities contracts, sales contracts, and contracts placed with or 
through other Government departments or agencies or against contracts 
placed by such departments or agencies outside the DoD--C
    (iv) Indefinite delivery contracts--D
    (v) Facilities contracts--E
    (vi) Contracting actions placed with or through other Government 
departments or agencies or against contracts placed by such departments 
or agencies outside the DoD (including actions with the National 
Industries for the Blind (NIB), the National Industries for the Severely 
Handicapped (NISH), and the Federal Prison Industries (UNICOR))--F
    (vii) Basic ordering agreements--G
    (viii) Agreements, including basic agreements and loan agreements, 
but

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excluding blanket purchase agreements, basic ordering agreements, and 
leases--H
    (ix) Do not use--I
    (x) Reserved--J
    (xi) Short form research contract--K
    (xii) Lease agreement--L
    (xiii) Purchase orders--manual (assign W when numbering capacity of 
M is exhausted during the fiscal year)--M
    (xiv) Notice of intent to purchase--N
    (xv) Do not use--O
    (xvi) Purchase order--automated (assign V when numbering capacity of 
P is exhausted during a fiscal year)--P
    (xvii) Request for quotation--manual--Q
    (xviii) Request for proposal--R
    (xix) Sales contract--S
    (xx) Request for quotation--automated (assign U when numbering 
capacity of T is exhausted during a fiscal year)--T
    (xxi) See T--U
    (xxii) See P--V
    (xxiii) See M--W
    (xxiv) Reserved for departmental use--X
    (xxv) Imprest fund--Y
    (xxvi) Reserved for departmental use--Z
    (4) Position 10 through 13. Enter the serial number of the 
instrument in these positions. A separate series of serial numbers may 
be used for any type of instrument listed in paragraph (a)(3) of this 
section. Activities shall assign such series of PII numbers 
sequentially. An activity may reserve blocks of numbers or alpha-numeric 
numbers for use by its various components.
    (b) Illustration of PII number. The following illustrates a properly 
configured PII number--
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[56 FR 36289, July 31, 1991, as amended at 56 FR 67212, Dec. 30, 1991; 
59 FR 27668, May 27, 1994; 60 FR 61592, Nov. 30, 1995; 61 FR 50451, 
Sept. 26, 1996; 62 FR 34121, June 24, 1997; 64 FR 51075, Sept. 21, 1999; 
65 FR 14398, Mar. 16, 2000; 65 FR 39704, June 27, 2000]