PARENT_CAGE — Commercial and Government Entity

COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY (CAGE) CODE: A FIVE POSITION ALPHANUMERIC CODE ASSIGNED TO COMPANIES WHICH EITHER FABRICATE ITEMS OF PRODUCTION AND/OR HAVE DESIGN CONTROL OF ITEMS PROCURED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE FIRST AND FIFTH POSITIONS WILL BE NUMERIC WITH THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH POSITIONS BEING ALPHA OR NUMERIC, EXCLUDING ALPHA I AND O. IF THE CAGE IS NATO (NCAGE) THE FIRST AND/OR FIFTH POSITIONS WILL BE AN ALPHA. THE NCAGE PREFIX (FIRST POSITION) AND SUFFIX (FIFTH POSITION) CHARACTER(S) DESIGNATE A SPECIFIC COUNTRY OR CODIFICATION BUREAU (SEE FLIS PROCEDURES MANUAL, VOLUME 10, TABLE 131).

Also written as: CAGE_CODE

This is a free-text or numeric FLIS field — it has no enumerated code values. The definition above is its official cataloging meaning.

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What is PARENT_CAGE in FLIS / NSN cataloging?

PARENT_CAGE (Commercial and Government Entity) cOMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY (CAGE) CODE: A FIVE POSITION ALPHANUMERIC CODE ASSIGNED TO COMPANIES WHICH EITHER FABRICATE ITEMS OF PRODUCTION AND/OR HAVE DESIGN CONTROL OF ITEMS PROCURED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE FIRST AND FIFTH POSITIONS WILL BE NUMERIC WITH THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH POSITIONS BEING ALPHA OR NUMERIC, EXCLUDING ALPHA I AND O. IF THE CAGE IS NATO (NCAGE) THE FIRST AND/OR FIFTH POSITIONS WILL BE AN ALPHA. THE NCAGE PREFIX (FIRST POSITION) AND SUFFIX (FIFTH POSITION) CHARACTER(S) DESIGNATE A SPECIFIC COUNTRY OR CODIFICATI

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