Bar Coding - Package Marking

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Item Information

ID
D2020C
Effective Date
2008-05-12
SACC Manual item status
Active
Parent Section
Delivery, Inspection and Acceptance
SACC Item usage
Full text

Revision History

Date Status ID Title
2008-05-12 Active D2020C Bar Coding - Package Marking (2008-05-12) D2020C

Remarks – Recommended Use of SACC Item

Use the following clause in contracts for goods, and in repair and overhaul services contracts. The clause defines the bar code requirement for content identification of Department of National Defence's (DND) packaged military equipment, in particular for items of a repairable nature or military purpose.

The requirement for this clause will be identified by the DND procurement staff generating the requisition. They will also be responsible for providing the fill-in information, as follows: in the first blank, the item number(s) will be inserted; in the second blank, the bar code's Application Identifier number, as shown in the list below, will be inserted:

  • 7001 for the NATO Stock Number (NSN)
  • 241 for the Permanent System Control Number (PSCN)
  • 21 for the item's serial number
  • 400 for the Contract Serial Number

Legal text for SACC item

  1. The Contractor must apply, on the package, bar code information for item(s) ______ , with Application Identifier(s) ____ , using bar code symbology UCC/EAN-128 (Uniform Code Council/EAN International). Below the bar code symbol, the Contractor must apply the Human-Readable Interpretation (HRI) markings.
  2. The bar code marking(s) must be legible, applied to a printable surface or label and positioned in accordance with the Canadian Forces Packaging Specification D-LM-008-002/SF-001, Marking for Storage and Shipment (in effect at the closing date of the bid solicitation).
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