This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Contract Award Transaction Set (836) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used by the buyer to notify the seller or other interested parties of the award of a contract which contains some indefinite features, such as delivery schedule, location, and/or quantities. This transaction set is intended to be the notification of the award of a requirements type of contract.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To indicate the beginning of the Contract Award Transaction Set and to transmit identifying numbers and dates.
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To specify identifying numbers.
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To specify basic and most frequently used line item data
To specify additional item related data involving variations in normal price/quantity structure.
To specify pricing information
To describe a product or process in coded or free-form format
To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights
(See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001.)
To identify the type and transmission of paperwork or supporting information
To specify identifying numbers.
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To specify product subline detail item data
To describe a product or process in coded or free-form format
To identify a party by type of organization, name and code
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To specify identifying numbers.
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments).
