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1) What is Unique Identication, and do I have to comply?
Answer: Item Unique Identication - Improved Accounting & Valuation of Items for the DoD
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) launched Unique Identication (UID) to improve the management of
personal property, real property, personnel, and roles. Item Unique Identication (IUID), which is part of the UID
program, focuses on DoD’s personal property. IUID is a mandatory DoD requirement on all solicitations issued
on or after January 1, 2004.
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Qualifying items are marked with a permanent 2-D Data Matrix that is encoded with the Unique Item Identier
(UII). The UII is made up of unique data elements to distinguish an item from all others. The 2-D Data Matrix is
marked on items according to MIL-STD-130N. The UII is then stored in the IUID Registry.
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Storing the UII in the IUID Registry allows easy access to information about the DoD’s possessions. Other
benets include:
 Item Visibility
 Access to Data throughout an Item’s Life
 Improved Inventory Management
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2) What Items Require Item Unique Identication?
Answer: If you are a subcontractor for the DoD, or if you manufacture equipment for the DoD, you may be
wondering if Item Unique Identication applies to you.
If your contract has a clause that refers to DFARS 252.211-7003, Item Identication and Valuation, then yes - you
need to comply with UID, according to MIL-STD-130N.
DFARS clause 252.211-7003, Item Identication and Valuation (JUN 2005) provides denitions for what items
need IUID markings.
According to DFARS 252.211-7003, solicitations, contracts, or delivery orders for tangible items delivered to the
Government require IUID or a DoD recognized unique identication equivalent for:
 “All delivered items for which the Government’s unit acquisition cost is $5,000 or more.”
 “Items for which Government’s unit acquisition cost is less than $5,000, when the requiring activity
determines that permanent identication is required.”
 ““Regardless of value-
 Any DoD serially managed subassembly, component, or part embedded within a delivered item; and
 The parent item (as dened in 252.211-7003 (a)) that contains the embedded subassembly, component,
or part.”
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1 “Item Unique Identication 101 The Basics”, January 2006, http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/UID/attachments/iuid-101-20060130.pdf
2 Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, “About Unique Identication,” 9 November 2007, http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pdi/uid/about.html
3 Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, “About Unique Identication,” 9 November 2007, <http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pdi/uid/about.html
4 “Item Unique Identication, The Basics”, May 2010.
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