National Stock Number (NSN) 4820-01-251-8406, or NIIN 012518406, (valve,safety relief) was assigned March 25, 1987 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN replaces 1 stock number, 4820012979068.
There are 3 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. One of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 2 suppliers. Today, 2 suppliers are listed as Active suppliers for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, only one supplier is deemed design controlled or valid supply parts.
This part number has been procured by the US Government within the last year, but shows no recent (last 90 days) procurement activity. There have been 9 contracts issued for this part number, with 11 awards given. There is minimal competition for this NSN. The US Government has awarded contracts to 2 different suppliers. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPE4A525F3576, SPE4A525F3576, SPE4A624F251F, SPE4A624F203Q, SPE4A524F2171. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 577,585.43.
This NSN is somewhat common among different platforms, belonging to 3 different weapons systems.
There has been a small amount of demand for this national stock number. The demand for this NSN originated from less than 5 countries. Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Jul 02, 2005, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Acquire directly from the actual manufacturer, whether or not the prime contractor is the actual manufacturer. This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 05488. [A VALVE DESIGNED TO AUTOMATICALLY RELEASE EXCESSIVE PRESSURES. IT IS ACTUATED BY STATIC PRESSURE UPSTREAM OF THE VALVE AND IS USED AS A SAFETY VALVE OR RELIEF VALVE, AND MAY BE SET TO CLOSE AT A PREDETERMINED PRESSURE. IT IS NOT DESIGNED FOR REGULATION OF CONTINUOUSLY FLUCTUATING LOADS. IT MAY BE INLINE OR CARTRIDGE (MANIFOLD) DESIGN. EXCLUDES:VALVE (1), RELIEF, PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE.]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. NSN 4820012518406 does not contain precious metals.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 8481400000: safety or relief valves. The Schedule B End Use is listed as industrial machines, other. NAICS classification category 332911: industrial valve manufacturing.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.