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The '''Commercial and Government Entity''' Code, or '''CAGE Code''', is a [[unique identifier]] assigned to suppliers to various government or [[Defense (military)|defense]] agencies, as well as to government agencies themselves and also various organizations. CAGE codes provide a standardized method of identifying a given facility at a specific ___location.

CAGE Codes are used internationally as part of the [[NATO Codification System]] (NCS), where they are sometimes called '''NCAGE Codes'''.

CAGE codes are referenced in various databases of the NCS, where they are used along with the supplier's part number to form a reference which is held on the [[National Stock Number]] (NSN) record. This reference enables users of the NCS to determine who supplies any given part.

The information associated with the entities - name, address, phone numbers, etc. - is catalogued in the [[Defense Standard#Definition of document types|H4 and H8 Handbooks]]. The National Codification Bureau (NCB) of each NATO or NATO-sponsored Nation is responsible for the maintenance ofmaintaining the CAGE code information for entities in these respective countries. There are on the order of 1.5 Million entities in this catalog.{{cn|date=May 2018}}

Within the [[United States|US]], any organization wishing to be a supplier to the [[United States Department of Defense|DoD]] is issued a CAGE Code by [[Defense Logistics Information Service]] (DLIS), the organization serving as the US NCB. An entity issued a CAGE code must reapply annually to renew it.{{cn|date=May 2018}}

CAGE is sometimes expanded as "Commercial Activity/Government Entity", "Contractor And Government Entity", or other, similar variations. AccordingHowever, according to the DLIS website, "Commercial And Government Entity" is the proper term. CAGE was previously known as '''Federal Supply Code for Manufacturers''', or '''FSCM''', which was also the '''National Supply Code for Manufacturer''', or '''NSCM'''. On older engineering drawings (pre-1980s) it was labeled simply as "Code Ident No" (Code Identification Number).{{cn|date=May 2018}}

In the NCS metadata, the CAGE code's '''[[Data Record Number]]''' ('''DRN''') is 9250 (or 4140 for NSCM); information listed under this DRN identifies very specifically the semantics of CAGE, its syntax, and the procedures associated with it.{{cn|date=May 2018}}

== Syntax ==