[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: 48CFR204.7201]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                    CHAPTER 2--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
 
PART 204--ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart 204.72--Contractor Identification
 
Sec. 204.7201   Definitions.

    (a) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code means--

    (1) A code assigned by the Defense Logistics Information Service 
(DLIS) to identify a commercial or Government entity; or

    (2) A code assigned by a member of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) that DLIS records and maintains in the CAGE master 
file. This type of code is known as an ``NCAGE code.''

    (b) Contractor identification code means a code that the contracting 
office uses to identify an offeror. The three types of contractor 
identification codes are CAGE codes, Data Universal Numbering System 
(DUNS) numbers, and Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs).

[64 FR 43099, Aug. 9, 1999]