[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 27, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 21729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8369]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

48 CFR Part 252

[DFARS Case 2004-D011]


Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Radio 
Frequency Identification; Correction

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Correction to proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: DoD is issuing a correction to the proposed rule published at 
70 FR 20726-20729 on April 21, 2005, pertaining to package marking with 
passive radio frequency identification tags. The correction eliminates 
references to UHF Generation 2 tags, clarifies the definition of 
``case'', and clarifies instructions for use of data syntax and 
standards.

DATES: The ending date for submission of comments is extended to June 
27, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Michele Peterson, Defense 
Acquisition Regulations System, OUSD (AT&L) DPAP (DAR), IMD 3C132, 3062 
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-3062. Telephone (703) 602-0311; 
facsimile (703) 602-0350. Please cite DFARS Case 2004-D011.

Correction

PART 252--[CORRECTED]

    In the issue of Thursday, April 21, 2005, on pages 20728 and 20729, 
section 252.211-7XXX is revised to read as follows:


252.211-7XXX  Radio Frequency Identification.

    As prescribed in 211.275-3, use the following clause:

Radio Frequency Identification (XXX 2005)

    (a) Definitions. As used in this clause--
    Advance shipment notice means an electronic notification used to 
list the contents of a shipment of goods as well as additional 
information relating to the shipment, such as order information, 
product description, physical characteristics, type of packaging, 
marking, carrier information, and configuration of goods within the 
transportation equipment.
    Bulk commodities means the following commodities, when shipped 
in rail tank cars, tanker trucks, trailers, other bulk wheeled 
conveyances, or pipelines:
    (1) Sand.
    (2) Gravel.
    (3) Bulk liquids (water, chemicals, or petroleum products).
    (4) Ready-mix concrete or similar construction materials.
    (5) Coal or combustibles such as firewood.
    (6) Agricultural products such as seeds, grains, or animal feed.
    Case means either a MIL-STD-129 defined exterior container 
within a palletized unit load or a MIL-STD-129 defined individual 
shipping container.
    Electronic Product Code TM (EPC) means an 
identification scheme for universally identifying physical objects 
via RFID tags and other means. The standardized EPC data consists of 
an EPC (or EPC identifier) that uniquely identifies an individual 
object, as well as an optional filter value when judged to be 
necessary to enable effective and efficient reading of the EPC tags. 
In addition to this standardized data, certain classes of EPC tags 
will allow user-defined data. The EPC tag data standards will define 
the length and position of this data, without defining its content.
    EPCglobal TM means a joint venture between EAN 
International and the Uniform Code Council to establish and support 
the EPC network as the global standard for immediate, automatic, and 
accurate identification of any item in the supply chain of any 
company, in any industry, anywhere in the world.
    Exterior container means a MIL-STD-129 defined container, 
bundle, or assembly that is sufficient by reason of material, 
design, and construction to protect unit packs and intermediate 
containers and their contents during shipment and storage. It can be 
a unit pack or a container with a combination of unit packs or 
intermediate containers. An exterior container may not be used as a 
shipping container.
    Palletized unit load means a MIL-STD-129 defined quantity of 
items, packed or unpacked, arranged on a pallet in a specified 
manner and secured, strapped, or fastened on the pallet so that the 
whole palletized load is handled as a single unit. A palletized load 
is not considered to be a shipping container.
    Passive RFID tag means a tag that reflects energy from the 
reader/interrogator or that receives and temporarily stores a small 
amount of energy from the reader/interrogator signal in order to 
generate the tag response. Acceptable tags are--
    (1) EPC Class 0 passive RFID tags that meet the EPCglobal Class 
0 specification; and
    (2) EPC Class 1 passive RFID tags that meet the EPCglobal Class 
1 specification.
    Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) means an automatic 
identification and data capture technology comprising one or more 
reader/interrogators and one or more radio frequency transponders in 
which data transfer is achieved by means of suitably modulated 
inductive or radiating electromagnetic carriers.
    Shipping container means a MIL-STD-129 defined exterior 
container that meets carrier regulations and is of sufficient 
strength, by reason of material, design, and construction, to be 
shipped safely without further packing (e.g., wooden boxes or 
crates, fiber and metal drums, and corrugated and solid fiberboard 
boxes).
    (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this clause, 
the Contractor shall affix passive RFID tags, at the case and 
palletized unit load packaging levels, for shipments of items that--
    (i) Are in any of the following classes of supply, as defined in 
DoD 4140.1-R, DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Regulation, 
AP1.1.11:
    (A) Subclass of Class I--Packaged operational rations.
    (B) Class II--Clothing, individual equipment, tentage, 
organizational tool kits, hand tools, and administrative and 
housekeeping supplies and equipment.
    (C) Class VI--Personal demand items (non-military sales items).
    (D) Class IX--Repair parts and components including kits, 
assemblies and subassemblies, reparable and consumable items 
required for maintenance support of all equipment, excluding 
medical-peculiar repair parts; and
    (ii) Are being shipped to--
    (A) Defense Distribution Depot, Susquehanna, PA; or
    (B) Defense Distribution Depot, San Joaquin, CA.
    (2) Bulk commodities are excluded from the requirements of 
paragraph (b)(1) of this clause.
    (c) The Contractor shall ensure that--
    (1) The data encoded on each passive RFID tag are unique (i.e., 
the binary number is never repeated on any contract) and conforms to 
the requirements in paragraph (d) of this clause;
    (2) Each passive tag is readable at the time of shipment in 
accordance with MIL-STD-129P (Section 4.9.1.1) readability 
performance requirements; and
    (3) The passive tag is affixed at the appropriate location on 
the specific level of packaging, in accordance with MIL-STD-129P 
(Section 4.9.2) tag placement specifications.
    (d) Data syntax and standards. The Contractor shall use one or 
more of the following data constructs to write the RFID tag 
identification to the passive tag, depending upon the type of 
passive RFID tag being used in accordance with the tag construct 
details located at http://www.dodrfid.org/tagdata.htm (version in 
effect as of the date of the solicitation):
    (1) Class 0, 64 Bit Tag--EPCglobal Serialized Global Trade Item 
Number (SGTIN), Global Returnable Asset Identifier (GRAI), Global 
Individual Asset Identifier (GIAI), or Serialized Shipment Container 
Code (SSCC).
    (2) Class 0, 64 Bit Tag--DoD Tag Construct.
    (3) Class 1, 64 Bit Tag--EPCglobal SGTIN, GRAI, GIAI, or SSCC.
    (4) Class 1, 64 Bit Tag--DoD Tag Construct.
    (5) Class 0, 96 Bit Tag--EPCglobal SGTIN, GRAI, GIAI, or SSCC.
    (6) Class 0, 96 Bit Tag--DoD Tag Construct.
    (7) Class 1, 96 Bit Tag--EPCglobal SGTIN, GRAI, GIAI, or SSCC.
    (8) Class 1, 96 Bit Tag--DoD Tag Construct.
    (e) Receiving report. The Contractor shall electronically submit 
advance shipment notice(s) with the RFID tag identification 
(specified in paragraph (d) of this clause) in advance of the 
shipment in accordance with the procedures at http://www.dodrfid.org/asn.htm.
    (End of Clause)

Michele P. Peterson,
Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations System.
[FR Doc. 05-8369 Filed 4-26-05; 8:45 am]
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