How to Chose the Correct Requisition Document Number
When in CRequest there is often a question of which code to pick when
creating a requisition.
Here are some tips:
- The selection is made from a drop down list which begins with PICKLIST.
Never pick PICKLIST. It is only a placeholder.
- The selection should be based upon the Line Office creating the
requisition. This will be in the first two characters of the Document
Number:
- AA = Office of the Secretary (OS)
- BE = Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
- ED = Economic Development Administration (EDA)
- EX = Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- NA = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (NOTE: This is the choice for all staff offices within NOAA incl. CIO, CFO, CAO, AGO…)
- NC – National Ocean Service (NOS)
- NE – National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)
- NF – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
- NM – Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO)
- NR – Ocean and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
- NT – National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
- NW – National Weather Service (NWS)
- TA – International Trade Administration (ITA)
- The 3rd thru 6th characters in the document number are based upon the requistioner’s FMC. There is not a clear cross walk or guide to this. Please see the budget officer within your office to determine which to select
When the correct document number is selected identifying the
client for the requisition it much easier. When this is correct
there will be less errors in reporting to Management.
Still to come:
- Unused options of the PICKLIST will be removed in the coming weeks.
- AGO Systems will be meeting with Line Office Representatives to create a cross walk within the two character choice. The amount of choices will be reduced and each Line Office will have a guide as to which PIIN Code to choose.
This and other CRequest and CBuy Tips can be found at http://www.ago.noaa.gov/ago/acquisition/c_buy_issues.cfm and http://www.ago.noaa.gov/ago/acquisition/c_request_issues.cfm