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DLA FLIS / PUB LOG item catalog

Public DLA catalog item intelligence, keyed by NIIN (National Item Identification Number): item name (nomenclature), Federal Supply Class, unit of issue, source of supply, acquisition advice code, and a catalog reference price. Ask "what's cataloged under FSC 5330 with 'GASKET' in the name?" or "what's the catalog price and unit of issue for NIIN 012345678?"

catalog_unit_price is PUB LOG's own standard catalog reference price — every row carries price_basis="catalog_reference" to say so explicitly; it is never an observed award or solicitation price. For what an item actually last sold for, use dla.dibbs — the two tools share the same NIIN join key.

Source & conduct: PUB LOG is DLA's own public monthly bulk export (a signed blob download DLA itself publishes — not a scrape). Export-controlled items are excluded before any row reaches the lake: an automated carve-out drops anything outside the public FSG/DEMIL/CIIC allowlist, verified against a real bounded sample before go-live. No export-controlled technical data (drawings, TDPs) is ever served here — public catalog item-identity fields only (the separate technical-characteristics vertical exists but is not yet populated).

There is a portal for this: DIBIQ puts this catalog in front of a DLA bidder as pages rather than tool calls — open solicitations, per-unit prior prices where they exist, approved sources and published item characteristics. Same subscription, same refusals.

Records

One row per releasable NIIN

Snapshot vintage

Scope

Releasable only

Export-controlled NIINs excluded before the lake (FSG/DEMIL/CIIC allowlist)

Freshness

Monthly

Full snapshot resync · JSON · Public · included in subscription

Coverage figures populate from the ingestion pipeline after the first snapshot sync.

Query parameters

niinstring

National Item Identification Number, bare 9-digit, exact — the item identity / join key to dla.dibbs award/price history

nsnstring

National Stock Number (FSC + NIIN concatenated, no dashes), exact match

fscstring

Federal Supply Class (4-digit commodity class). A single code, or a comma-separated list matching ANY listed code (e.g. "5330,5331")

fsgstring

Federal Supply Group — the leading digits of the FSC (e.g. "53" for FSC 5330), prefix match

nomenclaturestring

Item name/description; full-text word/prefix match (e.g. "GASKET" matches "GASKET, ROUND"), not an arbitrary substring match

limitinteger

Max records to return (default 25, max 50)

Rows are ordered by NIIN. The full input schema is served by the MCP server at connection time.

Example call

Request · dla.flis
{
  "tool": "dla.flis",
  "params": {
    "fsc": "5330",
    "nomenclature": "GASKET",
    "limit": 10
  }
}

What you can ask

  • What's the catalog reference price and unit of issue for NIIN 012345678?
  • What items are cataloged under FSC 5330 with "GASKET" in the name?
  • Join dla.flis and dla.dibbs on NIIN to compare catalog price against the last observed award price
Full tool reference →

Install in Claude Desktop

One-click .mcpb bundle — adds the dla.flis tool to Claude Desktop. Prompts for your API key on install; nothing is baked in.

Install in Claude Desktop (.mcpb)

Schema

One row per releasable NIIN (flis_item_records), keyed on niin.

Field Type Description
niinstringBare 9-digit NIIN — item identity / join key to dla.dibbs
nsnstringNational Stock Number (FSC + NIIN concatenated, 13 chars, no dashes)
fscstringFederal Supply Class (4-digit commodity class)
niin_dashedstringNIIN in conventional dashed display form, NN-NNN-NNNN
incstringItem Name Code
item_namestringItem nomenclature / description (full-text searchable)
sosstringSource of supply code
unit_of_issuestringUnit of issue (e.g. EA, PR, FT)
aacstringAcquisition advice code
catalog_unit_pricedecimal(18,2)PUB LOG standard catalog reference price, USD — never an observed award/solicitation price
price_basisstringAlways "catalog_reference" on this tool — contrast dla.dibbs' "observed_award_total"
snapshot_vintagedateThe monthly PUB LOG export's own vintage date — the as-of for every field on the row

dmil/ciic export-control carve-out audit columns are never exposed on this tool — they hold only already-public-allowlist values and aren't part of the customer-facing surface.

Sample record

Sample · dla.flis
{
  "niin": "012345678",
  "nsn": "5330012345678",
  "fsc": "5330",
  "niin_dashed": "01-234-5678",
  "inc": "05055",
  "item_name": "GASKET, ROUND",
  "sos": "M",
  "unit_of_issue": "EA",
  "aac": "D",
  "catalog_unit_price": 4.37,
  "price_basis": "catalog_reference",
  "snapshot_vintage": "2026-07-01"
}

Use it for

  • Look up an item's identity (nomenclature, FSC, unit of issue, source of supply) by NIIN or NSN
  • Screen a Federal Supply Class or Group for candidate items before sourcing
  • Join to dla.dibbs on NIIN to pair catalog reference price + item identity with the last observed award price
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