BCO Beginning Segment For Contract Award.
To indicate the beginning of the Contract Award Transaction Set and to transmit identifying numbers and dates.
Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
Code identifying purpose of transaction set.
Number assigned by the purchaser to identify his request for quote.
Date to be used for reference purposes in an RFQ and a response to RFQ.
Reference number or identification number as defined for a particular Transaction Set, or as specified by the Reference Number Qualifier.
BCO04 is the contract number.
Code designating the current status of the contract.
Date (YYMMDD).
BCO06 is the contract beginning date.
Date (YYMMDD).
BCO07 is the contract expiration date.
Code specifying the type of acknowledgment.