A number will be assigned to each contract document or delegated authority as follows :

a prefix (below) identifying the type of contract document

a 2-digit number identifying the fiscal year of the contract start date

a 5-digit number uniquely identifying the subject contract

a 2-digit suffix identifying amendments of the subject contract document (e.g., "01")

AV

authorization to vendor less than $1,000

DA

special delegated authority

DR

special delegated revenue contracting authority

DN

special delegated no cost contracting authority

DG

delegated grant authority

DL

delegated loan authority

DP

delegated purchase authority

ED

fee-for-service contract with a Tennessee state college or university

EG

grant to a Tennessee state college, or university

FA

fee-for-service contract with an individual, business, non-profit, or governmental entity of another state

GG

grant to a federal or Tennessee governmental entity
(except a Tennessee state agency, college, or university)

GR

grant to an individual, business, non-profit, or governmental entity of another state

GU

fee-for-service contract with a federal or Tennessee governmental entity
(except a Tennessee state agency, college, or university)

ID

interdepartmental fee-for-service contract between state agencies
(except a contract with a Tennessee state college, or university)

IG

interdepartmental grant from one state agency to another
(except to a Tennessee state college, or university)

NC

no cost contract involving NO monetary obligation between the contract parties

RV

revenue contract  that provides for the state to receive one or more monetary payments

(NOTE:  There are NO interdepartmental RV contracts.  All agreements in which one state agency pays another (except when involving a Tennessee state college, or university) should be initiated by the paying state agency as an ID- or IG-type contract or grant)