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847 - SPECIAL ITEMS


Records relating to the procurement and issue of special items.  Special items are equipment or supplies which are custom-made for a ministry or agency or which are developed or built by the ministry or agency.  Includes:  preliminary and final drawings; and copies of specifications and photographic prints essential to the documentation of the design, modification, development, and use of such equipment and supplies.

For asset control and disposal, see primaries 705 (asset control and inventories) and 740 (disposal and surplus).
For patent rights, see primary 345.
For purchase orders, see primaries 825 (procurement - general), 830 (emergency purchase orders), 832 (local minor purchase orders) and 835 (Corporate Procurement Solutions requisitions).

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  
847-00 Policy and procedures   SO 5y SR  
847-01 General   FY+1y nil DE  
847-20 Commercially developed special item history files

SO = upon disposal of special item

  SO+1y nil SR  
847-30 Government developed special item history files

SO = upon disposal of special item

  SO+1y nil SR  
NOTE: Oversize drawings and specifications may be arranged separately from the history file provided that this is noted on the history file.          
NOTE: Please notify Corporate Records Management Branch [(250) 387-1321] before disposing of any drawings, plans or maps.          

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