Corporate Records Management Branch

785 - LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

Records relating to the procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies, including justification, user specifications, issue, maintenance and repairs.

For asset control and disposal, see primaries 705 (asset control and inventories) and 740 (disposal and surplus).
For purchase orders, see primaries 825 (procurement - general), 830 (emergency purchase orders), 832 (local minor purchase orders), 835 (Corporate Procurement Solutions requisitions) and 850 (standing offer agreements).

non-OPR NOTE: Offices will retain non-OPR copies of records for: SO nil DE

Primary- Secondary	Records Series		OPR				PIB/PUR
			A	SA	FD
785-00	Policy and procedures		SO	5y	DE
785-01	General		FY+1y	nil	DE
785-20	Laboratory equipment history files SO = upon disposal of equipment		SO+1y	nil	DE