DoD has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to include additional commodities and DoD locations that require package marking with passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. This rule addresses the second year of the three-year roll-out plan for supplier implementation of RFID. It was implemented as an interim rule and published in DFARS clause #252.211-7006 on May 19, 2006, and published as a final rule on February 12, 2007. Year one of the plan was implemented in the final rule published at 70 FR 53955 on September 13, 2005.

This final rule adds requirements for contractors supplying materiel to DoD to affix passive RFID tags at the case and palletized unit load levels to the following commodities when shipping:

Packaged petroleum, lubricants, oils, preservatives, chemicals, additives, construction and barrier materials, and medical materials (in addition to the requirements of 2005: personal demand items, packaged operational rations, clothing, individual equipment, tools and weapon systems repair parts and components) to:

Defense Distribution Depots in Albany, GA; Anniston, AL; Barstow,
CA; Cherry Point, NC; Columbus, OH; Corpus Christi, TX; Hill, UT;
Jacksonville, FL; Oklahoma City, OK; Norfolk, VA; Puget Sound, WA; Red
River, TX; Richmond, VA; San Diego, CA; Tobyhanna, PA; and Warner
Robins, GA; and the Air Mobility Command Terminals at Charleston Air
Force Base, Charleston, SC; Naval Air Station, Norfolk, VA; and Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, CA (in addition to the 2005 requirement: Defense Distribution Susquehanna PA and Defense Distribution Depot San Joaquin CA)

Details regarding this rule may be found at: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/252211.htm#252.211-7006