This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Procurement Notices 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 or pending award of a contract which may contain some indefinite features, such as delivery schedule, location, and/or quantities. This transaction set can also be used for purchasing actions such as the notification of intent to award or actual award of a small business set-aside purchase, notification of being outside of the competitive range, notice of receipt of protest, notice of receipt of a late bid, notice of bid rejection, notice of the disposition of an unsolicited proposal, public notice of the abstract of bids, and the notification of the award of a requirements type contract.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To indicate the beginning of the Procurement Notices Transaction Set and to transmit identifying numbers and dates.
To specify terms of sale.
To specify restrictions/conditions (such as shipping, ordering)
To specify pricing information
To specify transportation instructions relating to shipment
To indicate the total monetary amount.
To specify quantity information.
To specify pertinent dates and times
To specify lead time for availability of products and services.
To identify the type and transmission of paperwork or supporting information
To provide a free form format that would allow the transmission of text information.
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 transportation instructions relating to shipment
To transmit standard code list identification information
Code to transmit standard industry codes
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 terms of sale.
To specify pertinent dates and times
To specify restrictions/conditions (such as shipping, ordering)
To specify quantity information.
To indicate the total monetary amount.
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 specify transportation instructions relating to shipment
To specify pertinent dates and times
To specify lead time for availability of products and services.
To provide a free form format that would allow the transmission of text information.
To transmit standard code list identification information
Code to transmit standard industry codes
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments).
