PRIORITY DESIGNATORS

NAVSUP P-485, Ch 3 Material Procurement

The basis for expressing the military urgency of a requirement is the priority designator (PD), which ranges from 01 (highest) to 15 (lowest).

The PD assigned to a requisition determines the time frame within which the requirement will normally be processed by the supply system. Except under certain situations, Pds to be used in requisitioning material or services will be determined by the requisitioner's assigned Force Activity Designator (FAD) and the applicable urgency of need designator (UND).

Identify the Priority Designator assigned to the following:
1. Medical or disaster supplies or equipment required immediately to prolong life; relieve avoidable suffering; or to avoid or reduce the impact of epidemics or similar potential mass illness or diseases. _____
2. Emergency supplies or equipment required immediately to control riots, civil disorder, or civil disturbances. _____
3. Emergency supplies of individual and organizational clothing required immediately to provide a minimum of essential clothing to active duty military personnel who are without it. _____

LIMITATIONS ON HIGH PRIORITY REQUISITIONS

The quantity of material included on PD 01 through 08 requisitions will be restricted to that amount necessary to satisfy the immediate end-use requirements. Additional quantities required to replenish stock will be requisitioned under the appropriate PD 09 through 15.

Each category of deployed afloat activities (or units alerted for deployment within 30 days of requisition dates) are allowed a maximum percentage of high priority requisitions (PD 01-08). Identify the limitation percentage of PD 01-08 requisitions for the following activities. (Example: 70% of an Amphibious Assault Ship's requisitions can be assigned PD 01-08).

_____ Aircraft Carriers
_____ Destroyers
_____ Submarines
_____ AOEs and AORs

FORCE / ACTIVITY DESIGNATORS (FAD)

NAVSUP P -485, Ch 3 Material Procurement

A Force / activity is a unit, organization, or installation performing a mission or function; a body of troops ships, or aircraft or combination thereof; or a function , mission, project, or program, including those under security assistance programs. A Force / Activity Designator (FAD) is a Roman numeral (I-V) which identifies and categorizes a force or activity on the basis of it's military importance.

ASSIGNMENTS OF FADs.

FAD assignments are made by SEDEF, JCS, or designated DOD authority. The lowest FAD required to indicate the activity's relative importance to national objectives is assigned.

Identify the FAD assigned to a force / activity under the following situations:

_____ U.S. Forces in combat
_____ Declared emergencies
_____ Forces being maintained in a state of combat readiness for immediate (within 24 hours) employment or deployment
_____ U.S. combat, combat ready and direct combat support forces deployed to or operating outside the 50 states and adjacent waters, Panama, the Caribbean area, and such other areas as may be designated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff
_____ CONUS forces maintained in a state of readiness for deployment to combat prior to D+30
_____ U.S. forces being maintained in a state of combat readiness for deployment to combat during the period D+30 to D+90

AUTHORIZED USE OF A HIGHER FAD.

In order to facilitate optimum material readiness, OPNAVINST 4614.1 series authorizes the assumption of the authorized higher FAD a maximum of 90 days prior to scheduled deployment outside CONUS or other authorized elevation from a lower to higher FAD (when assuming FAD II, this also changes the UND for C-2 CASREP requisitions from B to A).

Activities performing work on ships during restricted availabilities are authorized to use the FAD of the ship being worked on when ordering material for that work.

REPORT OF DISCREPANCY (ROD)

NAVSUP P-485, Ch 4
SK 3 & 2

Bullets to know about RODs:

- There are two types of discrepancies to be reported on the ROD, shipping type discrepancies and packaging discrepancies.

- Shortages or overages valued in excess of $100 per line item will be reported, except classified or protected items which will be reported regardless of dollar value.

- Discrepant shipments from contractors / manufactures or vendors will be reported, regardless of dollar value.

- The SF-364 will be submitted by receiving activities and / or transshipment activities within the following time standards from the shipment date:
a. All activities in CONUS - 75 days
b. All activities overseas - 150 days

- Navy action activities are required to reply to customers within 45 days of receipt of the ROD, providing resolution of the discrepancy or interim status.

- To allow for mailing time each way, the first follow-up to a ROD should be sent to the action activity 60 days after the submission of the original ROD. Subsequent follow-ups shall be sent at 30 day intervals.