PRIMARY INVENTORY CONTROL ACTY LEVEL OF AUTHORITY: A CODE THAT IDENTIFIES THE LEVELS OF AUTHORITY OF A PRIMARY INVENTORY CONTROL ACTIVITY /PICA/. THE CODE INDICATES /1/ LOGISTICS MATERIEL MANAGEMENT, /2/ LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY AND /3/ BASIS OF CATEGORIZATION. THE CODES WILL BE USED INTERNALLY WITHIN THE SYSTEM FOR STATISTICS AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT DATA BASED ON MATERIEL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES ASSIGNED BY SERVICES/AGENCIES DIRECTIVES. SEE VOLUME 10, TABLE 74 AND QUICK INFO ON-LINE.
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Code values (16)
| Code | Meaning | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Defense Logistics Agency | A DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY (DLA) ACTIVITY ASSIGNED AS THE INTEGRATED MATERIEL MANAGER (IMM) HAVING DOD-WIDE WHOLESALE INTEGRATED MATERIEL MANAGEMENT AND INVENTORY CONTROL RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMMODITY ORIENTED ITEMS DESIGNATED FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT. |
| 02 | General Services Administration | A GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA)/CIVIL AGENCY ACTIVITY ASSIGNED AS THE IMM HAVING DOD-WIDE INTEGRATED MATERIEL MANAGEMENT AND INVENTORY CONTROL RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMMODITY ORIENTED ITEMS DESIGNATED FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT. |
| 04 | Military Service/dla/gsa Activity | A MILITARY SERVICE/DLA/GSA ACTIVITY ASSIGNED THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RECEIPT AND DISTRIBUTION OF IMM/LEAD SERVICE CATALOG MANAGEMENT DATA, WITHIN ITS SERVICE/AGENCY STORAGE SITES, FOR ITEMS STORED BUT NOT USED BY THAT SERVICE/AGENCY. |
| 06 | Military Service Activity Assigned as the Integrated Materiel Manager | A MILITARY SERVICE ACTIVITY ASSIGNED AS THE INTEGRATED MATERIEL MANAGER (IMM) HAVING DOD- WIDE WHOLESALE INTEGRATED MATERIEL MANAGEMENT AND INVENTORY CONTROL RESPONSIBILITY FOR WEAPONS SYSTEMS CONSUMABLE ITEMS. |
| 07 | Defense Special Weapons Agency | DEFENSE SPECIAL WEAPONS AGENCY (DSWA) INTEREST RECORDED - NO MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY INVOLVED FOR THE ITEM, BUT COLLABORATION AND FILE DATA IS REQUIRED TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION. |
| 08 | Defense Logistics Agency Interest Recorded | A DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY (DLA) INTEREST RECORDED - 1.DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL PLANT EQUIPMENT CENTER (DIPEC) - REPORT ASSET VISIBILITY, SUBMIT SCREENING REQUESTS (REQUISITIONS) PRIOR TO PROCUREMENT, PROCESS SERVICE EXCESS AND SUBMIT REQUIREMENTS COMPUTATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 12 OF DLAM 4215.1, AR 700-13, NAVSUP PUB 5009, OR AFM 78-9, MANAGEMENT OF DEFENSE-OWNED IPE. 2.DLA TROOP SUPPORT - NO MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ITEM, BUT COLLABORATION AND FILE DATA IS REQUIRED TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION OF ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A MEDICAL REPAIR PARTS LISTING (RPL) PUBLICATION. |
| 10 | Dla Activity Having Federal System-wide Inventory Control | A DLA ACTIVITY HAVING FEDERAL SYSTEM-WIDE INVENTORY CONTROL AND WHOLESALE MATERIEL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY, SOLELY FOR COMMISSARY RESALE ITEMS, REGARDLESS OF FEDERAL SUPPLY CLASS (FSC) (DOES NOT SUPPORT A RETAIL ACTIVITY). |
| 11 | Gsa/civil Agency | A GSA/CIVIL AGENCY ACTIVITY ASSIGNED AS THE IMM HAVING CIVIL-WIDE WHOLESALE INTEGRATED MATERIEL MANAGEMENT AND INVENTORY CONTROL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITEMS IN ASSIGNED FSC CLASSES AND SELECTED ITEMS IN OTHER FSC CLASSES. |
| 12 | Veterans Administration | THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION ACTIVITY ASSIGNED AS THE IMM HAVING CIVIL-WIDE WHOLESALE INTEGRATED MATERIAL MANAGEMENT AND INVENTORY CONTROL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITEMS DESIGNATED FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT. |
| 15 | Dla Activity Assigned as the Imm | A DLA ACTIVITY ASSIGNED AS THE IMM AND HAVING WHOLESALE INTEGRATED MATERIEL MANAGEMENT AND INVENTORY CONTROL RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN FSC THROUGH A WHOLESALE DLA/CIVIL AGENCY SUPPLY SUPPORT AGREEMENT. |
| 22 | Military Service/dla/civil Agency Activity Designated as the Lead Service | A MILITARY SERVICE/DLA/CIVIL AGENCY ACTIVITY DESIGNATED AS THE LEAD SERVICE AND ASSIGNED, AS A MINIMUM, SINGLE SUBMITTER CATALOGING RESPONSIBILITY, PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY AND DISPOSAL AUTHORITY FOR A MULTI-USED OR SINGLE-USED NONCONSUMABLE ITEM (I.E., MAJOR END ITEM; DEPOT- REPARABLE COMPONENTS; SPECIAL MANAGEMENT ITEM, INCLUDING CONVENTIONAL AMMUNITION ITEMS). AN ITEM WHICH IS MANAGED BY ONE MILITARY SERVICE/DLA/CIVIL AGENCY IN SOME COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE, WITH A MILITARY SERVICE(S)/CIVIL AGENCY(IES) MANAGING A STOCK-FUNDED CONSUMABLE, IS ALSO CONSIDERED AS A NONCONSUMABLE ITEM. A WHOLESALE INTER-SERVICE OR A SERVICE/DLA/CIVIL AGENCY SUPPLY SUPPORT AGREEMENT MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE. THE LEVEL AND DEGREE OF MAINTENANCE/SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE PICA IS IDENTIFIED BY THE ALPHA NONCONSUMABLE ITEM MATERIEL SUPPORT CODE (NIMSC) REFLECTED IN THE PICA SEGMENT B. NOTE: PROCUREMENT AND DISPOSAL FUNCTIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY DESIGN-CONTROLLED ITEMS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF NSA. |
| 23 | Dod Activity Assigned Dod-wide Wholesale Integrated Materiel Management Responsibility | A DOD ACTIVITY ASSIGNED DOD-WIDE WHOLESALE INTEGRATED MATERIEL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ASSIGNED FEDERAL SUPPLY CLASSES AND SELECTED ITEMS. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING: 1.ARMY TANK-AUTOMOTIVE COMMAND (TACOM) - ITEMS IN ANY FSC PECULIAR TO TACTICAL VEHICLES OF ARMY DESIGN, TIRES AND TUBES IN FSCS 2610 AND 2630, AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT IN FSC 2640. 2.DTRA - ALL DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SPECIAL DESIGNED OR QUALITY CONTROLLED NUCLEAR ORDNANCEITEMS AND FOR MILITARY SERVICE-DESIGNED AND QUALITY-CONTROLLED NUCLEAR ORDNANCE ITEMS WHEN SUCH MANAGEMENT IS MUTUALLY AGREED UPON BETWEEN DTRA AND THE APPROPRIATE MILITARY SERVICE, OR AS DIRECTED BY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (MRA&L). 3.SELECTED NSA DESIGN-CONTROLLED OR QUALITY-CONTROLLED CRYPTOLOGIC ITEMS AND FOR MILITARYSERVICE DESIGN-CONTROLLED OR QUALITY-CONTROLLED CRYPTOLOGIC ITEMS WHEN SUCH MANAGEMENT IS MUTUALLY AGREED UPON BETWEEN NSA AND THE APPROPRIATE MILITARY SERVICE, OR AS DIRECTED BY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (MRA&L). 4.DMA - ALL DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY MAPS, CHARTS AND GEODETIC PRODUCTS. 5.USSOCOM - ALL US SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND ITEMS OF SUPPLY. |
| 26 | Dod Agency | A DOD AGENCY (I.E., DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (DIA), DLA, OR NSA) OR COAST GUARD ACTIVITY EXERCISING WHOLESALE NON-INTEGRATED MATERIEL MANAGEMENT; A MILITARY SERVICE INVENTORY CONTROL POINT EXERCISING WHOLESALE NON-INTEGRATED MATERIEL MANAGEMENT FOR NONCONSUMABLE ITEMS PENDING LEAD SERVICE ASSIGNMENT. |
| 48 | Civil Agency or Department | AN ACTIVITY WITHIN A CIVIL AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT HAVING INVENTORY CONTROL AND WHOLESALE MATERIEL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITEMS FOR WHICH GSA, VA OR A DOD COMPONENT IS NOT FURNISHING SUPPLY SUPPORT. |
| 81 | Foreign Government | A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT WHICH MANAGES IN ITS OWN SUPPLY SYSTEM AN ITEM OF SUPPLY IDENTIFIED UNDER THE FEDERAL CATALOG SYSTEM. |
| 99 | Military Service | A MILITARY SERVICE PERFORMING LOGISTICS FUNCTION EXCLUSIVE OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT (I.E., CATALOGING, PROCUREMENT, AND DISPOSAL AUTHORITY) IN SUPPORT OF FOREIGN MILITARY SALES WHERE THE REQUIREMENT IS ISOLATED TO A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND THE SERVICE USAGE IS NONEXISTENT. |
About PICA_LOA
What is PICA_LOA in FLIS / NSN cataloging?
PICA_LOA (Primary Inventory Control Acty Level of Authority) pRIMARY INVENTORY CONTROL ACTY LEVEL OF AUTHORITY: A CODE THAT IDENTIFIES THE LEVELS OF AUTHORITY OF A PRIMARY INVENTORY CONTROL ACTIVITY /PICA/. THE CODE INDICATES /1/ LOGISTICS MATERIEL MANAGEMENT, /2/ LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY AND /3/ BASIS OF CATEGORIZATION. THE CODES WILL BE USED INTERNALLY WITHIN THE SYSTEM FOR STATISTICS AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT DATA BASED ON MATERIEL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES ASSIGNED BY SERVICES/AGENCIES DIRECTIVES. SEE VOLUME 10, TABLE 74 AND QUICK INFO ON-LINE.
What does PICA_LOA code 01 mean?
PICA_LOA code 01 means "Defense Logistics Agency". A DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY (DLA) ACTIVITY ASSIGNED AS THE INTEGRATED MATERIEL MANAGER (IMM) HAVING DOD-WIDE WHOLESALE INTEGRATED MATERIEL MANAGEMENT AND INVENTORY CONTROL RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMMODITY ORIENTED ITEMS DESIGNATED FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT.
How many PICA_LOA codes are there?
The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency defines 16 PICA_LOA (Primary Inventory Control Acty Level of Authority) code values in the FLIS published code dictionary. Each is listed on this page with its official meaning.
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