NHS Supply Chain holds information on its systems to enable monitoring of all products bought and sold by the business. The information is collected during the tender stage and throughout the lifetime of the Framework Agreement and is used to generate NHS Supply Chain’s electronic catalogue; manage stock inventory; monitor sales activity and customer demand. A list of unusual terms in the information is explained as follows: Term Definition CHIP Chemicals Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply EAN European Article Number COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health NPC National Product Code used by NHS Supply Chain code MPC Manufacture Product Code and is the supplier's identification code. VLT Days Variable Lead Time in days E Class NHS classification (see GUNSPSC) AWSL Available While Stocks Last Commitment disc Commitment discount available DUNS Dun & Bradstreet supplier code which is an NHS standard for supplier coding GTIN S1 Global trade Identification number. This is a global standard product code being applied throughout the NHS GUNSPSC Global classification coding system which eClass (above) is mapped to. We would also value your feedback regarding the way in which your request was handled. You can provide us with direct feedback on our website at the following address: https://www.ppa.org.uk/FOI_survey_form/docs/FOI_survey.htm Any feedback you provide will be strictly anonymous and much appreciated. The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “NHS Supply Chain Product and Transaction Database, NHSBSA Copyright 2018” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence. Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.