BCM Beginning Segment for Contractor Cost Data Reporting
To indicate the beginning of the contractor cost data reports and transmit identifying numbers, descriptions, action codes, program and contract type, funding identification, and security level
Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
Code identifying purpose of transaction set
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year
BCM02 is the transaction set effective date.
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year
BCM03 is the report effective date.
Contract number
R0405: At least one of BCM-04 or BCM-05 is required
Free-form descriptive text
BCM05 is used to describe the report.
Code identifying the expected resultant type of contract action or current type of contract action
Code identifying a program type
Free-form descriptive text
BCM08 is used to describe other unlisted program types.
Code identifying the funding type
Code identifying a contract type
Code indicating the level of confidentiality assigned by the sender to the information following
Code specifying the Standard ISO code for country in whose currency the charges are specified