TSP Tools

If you work in the Sales or Marketing area, or you just need company information for a geographical area, the TSP Tools feature can provide you with valuable information that you then apply, for example, to your bid process.

To use TSP Tools

  1. Click Database > Vendor Data > TSP Tools.
  2. You want to know which companies in the Indianapolis area sold to the USClosedUSP UNIT (Unit of Measure). government and their average yearly revenue. type 46222 in the Zipcode field.
    At the top of the list, you see Allison Transmission, which is a division of General Motors Corporation. In addition to the basic address and phone information for the company, the results table also shows you the company's average yearly government sales, a procurement history NIINClosedNational Item Identification Number - nine-digit number assigned to a part under the Federal Cataloging Program. It is the last nine digits of the National Stock Number. count of 201, and a FLISClosedFederal Logistics Information System - the Haystack APL Federal Supply Catalog comprised of the FLIS (Parts 1, 2, 3); the Management List - Consolidated (ML-C); the Federal Supply Classifications Handbooks (H-2); the Federal Item Name Directory (H-6); the Commercial Activity Government Entity Handbook (CAGE); the Characteristics Data (V-Segment); the Interchangeability / Substitutability Data; and the Major Organizational Entity Rules (MOE) databases. NIIN count of 24,662.
  3. Click the CAGEClosedCommercial Activity Government Entity - listings of firms that manufacture or distribute items procured by the U.S. Government; also known as the Federal Supply Code for Manufacturers. The following are the types of activities and documents that are assigned CAGE Codes: Manufacturers; Vendors; Government agencies who manufacture an item of supply; Government agencies that control the development of government specifications and/or standards; Government specifications or standards when no single government source can be identified; NATO manufacturers. 73342.
    This links you to the Company Details window, which includes CCRClosedCentral Contractor Registry - a complete list of a company's addresses, phone numbers, parent company, alternate addresses, CCR registration date, and more. It is a link from the Expanded Supplier Profile page., H4/H8, FSCClosedFederal Supply Classification - a four-digit code. The first two digits denote the group or major division of commodities; the last two denote the class or subdivisions of commodities within a group. Items which are similar in physical or performance characteristics are requisitioned together, or grouped together, for supply management purposes and given a Federal Supply Class (FSC) code. The FSC is., SICClosedStandard Industrial Classification Code - defines industries in accordance with the composition and structure of the economy. Also identified as SICC., NAICSClosedNorth American Industry Classification System. A 6-digit code, developed jointly by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, replaces the SIC in the US. The first two digits designate a major Economic Sector (formerly Division) such as Agriculture or Manufacturing. The third digit designates an Economic Subsector (formerly Major Group) such as Crop Production or Apparel Manufacturing. The fourth digit designates an Industry Group, such as Grain and Oil Seed Farming or Fiber, Yarn and Thread Mills. The fifth digit designates the NAICS Industry such as Wheat Farming or Broadwoven Fabric Mills., Weapons System, and Procurement History data, as well as Company and Contact information.
  4. Click the Map link for Allison Transmission to open an actual street map supplied by Google Maps.

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