[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 41, Volume 2]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 41CFR101-30.202]



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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

 

          CHAPTER 101--FEDERAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS

 

PART 101-30_FEDERAL CATALOG SYSTEM--Table of Contents

 

            Subpart 101-30.2_Cataloging Handbooks and Manuals

 

Sec. 101-30.202  Policies.



    The cataloging publications indicated in Sec. 101-30.201 provide a 

ready reference to the following operating policies and rules covering 

the uniform catalog system:

    (a) Identification. (1) Each civil agency shall ensure that each of 

its items authorized for cataloging is included and maintained in the 

Federal Catalog System as prescribed in the Federal Catalog System 

Policy Manual.

    (2) Each item of supply shall have applicable to it one, and only 

one, Federal item identification; each Federal item identification shall 

be applicable to one, and only one, item of supply.

    (b) Federal Supply Classification (FSC). (1) The Federal Supply 

Classification shall be used in supply management within the civil 

agencies.

    (2) Each item included in the Federal Catalog System shall be 

classified under the Federal Supply Classification and shall be assigned 

only one 4-digit class in accordance with the rules prescribed in the 

Federal Catalog System Policy Manual.

    (c) Numbering. (1) Each item of supply identified in the Federal 

Catalog System shall be assigned a national stock number which shall 

consist of the applicable 4-digit FSC class code and a 9-digit national 

item identification number.

    (2) The national stock number shall be the only stock number used in 

supply operations for items within the scope of the Federal Catalog 

System. The integrity of the national stock number shall always be 

maintained whenever it is employed in any operation or document. Supply 

management codes, or other management symbols, may be associated with, 

but never included as a part of the national stock number. These 

management codes or symbols shall always be separated from the national 

stock number in such a manner that the national stock number is clearly 

distinguishable.



[29 FR 16004, Dec. 1, 1964, as amended at 39 FR 37060, Oct. 17, 1974; 41 

FR 11309, Mar. 18, 1976]