BCP Beginning Segment for Contract Pricing Proposal

To indicate the beginning of a Contract Pricing Proposal Transaction Set and transmit identifying numbers and dates

Position: BCP-01 · Element: 353 · Name: Transaction Set Purpose Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code identifying purpose of transaction set

Position: BCP-02 · Element: 128 · Name: Reference Identification Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code qualifying the Reference Identification

Position: BCP-03 · Element: 127 · Name: Reference Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

Position: BCP-04 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 6 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

Date (YYMMDD)

BCP04 is the start of the proposer's fiscal year.

Position: BCP-05 · Element: 1308 · Name: Contract Action Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code identifying the expected resultant type of contract action or current type of contract action

Position: BCP-06 · Element: 1166 · Name: Contract Type Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code identifying a contract type

Position: BCP-07 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 6 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

Date (YYMMDD)

BCP07 is the transaction creation date.

Position: BCP-08 · Element: 337 · Name: Time · Type: Time (TM) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 4 · Max: 8 · Repeat: -

Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)

BCP08 is the transaction creation time.

Position: BCP-09 · Element: 327 · Name: Change Order Sequence Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 8 · Repeat: -

Number assigned by the orderer identifying a specific change or revision to a previously transmitted transaction set

Position: BCP-10 · Element: 127 · Name: Reference Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

BCP10 is the revision number of the proposal.

Position: BCP-11 · Element: 127 · Name: Reference Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

BCP11 is the option number being proposed.

Position: BCP-12 · Element: 352 · Name: Description · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: -

A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content

BCP12 is the description of an "other" type of contract action.

Position: BCP-13 · Element: 352 · Name: Description · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: -

A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content

BCP13 is the description of an "other" type of contract.