▁which ▁around ▁ 2 . 6 ▁million ▁are ▁US ▁entities . ▁ ▁Within ▁the ▁US , ▁any ▁organization ▁wish ing ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁supp lier ▁to ▁the ▁Do D ▁is ▁issued ▁a ▁C AGE ▁Code ▁by ▁Def ense ▁Log istics ▁Information ▁Service ▁( DL IS ), ▁the ▁organization ▁serving ▁as ▁the ▁US ▁N CB . ▁ ▁An ▁entity ▁issued ▁a ▁C AGE ▁code ▁must ▁renew ▁it ▁every ▁five ▁years . ▁ ▁C AGE ▁is ▁sometimes ▁expanded ▁as ▁" Com mer cial ▁Activity / G overn ment ▁Entity ", ▁" Contract or ▁And ▁Government ▁Entity ", ▁or ▁other , ▁similar ▁variations . ▁ ▁However , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁D L IS ▁website , ▁" Com mer cial ▁And ▁Government ▁Entity " ▁is ▁the ▁proper ▁term . ▁ ▁C AGE ▁was ▁previously ▁known ▁as ▁Federal ▁Supp ly ▁Code ▁for ▁Man ufact ur ers , ▁or ▁F SC M , ▁which ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁National ▁Supp ly ▁Code ▁for ▁Man ufact urer , ▁or ▁NS CM . ▁On ▁older ▁engineering ▁draw ings ▁( pre - 1 9 8 0 s ) ▁it ▁was ▁l abeled ▁simply ▁as ▁" Code ▁Ident ▁No " ▁( Code ▁Ident ification ▁Number ). ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁N CS ▁metadata , ▁the ▁C AGE ▁code ' s ▁Data ▁Record ▁Number ▁( DR N ) ▁is ▁ 9 2 5 0 ▁( or ▁ 4 1 4 0 ▁for ▁NS CM ); ▁information ▁listed ▁under ▁this ▁DR N ▁ident ifies ▁very ▁specifically ▁the ▁semantics ▁of ▁C AGE , ▁its ▁syntax , ▁and ▁the