National Stock Number
5120-00-012-4013
National Stock Number (NSN) 5120-00-012-4013, or NIIN 000124013, (forceps,nonsurgical) was assigned May 3, 1968 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN replaces 4 stock numbers: 6515015815171, 5120013699998, 6515014900190, 3439009308022.
There are 12 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. 8 of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 8 suppliers. Today, 4 suppliers are listed as Active suppliers for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, 3 suppliers are deemed design controlled or valid supply parts. ISO Group has several sources of supply for this NSN.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years, with the most recent procurement date of Dec 18, 2014. There has been one contract issued for this part number, with one award given. The US Government has only awarded those contracts to one supplier. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPEFA515M0926. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 9.95.
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 Jun 21, 2020, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Not established. Not established.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 40140. [A DEVICE DESIGNED TO HOLD ANOTHER ITEM BY GRASPING IT IN ITS JAWS AND RETAINING THE GRASP WITH A SNAP-LOCK TYPE CATCH ON ITS HANDLES. IT WILL HAVE STRAIGHT OR CURVED, NEEDLE NOSE TYPE JAWS AND HANDLES WITH THUMB AND FINGER HOLES. FOR ITEMS DESIGNED FOR SURGICAL USE SEE FORCEPS (AS MODIFIED). FOR ITEMS WITHOUT A CATCH TYPE DEVICE ON THE HANDLES SEE PLIERS AND PLIERS (AS MODIFIED). SEE ALSO HEAT SINK, SOLDERING AID.]. 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 5120000124013 does not contain precious metals.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 8203206060: pincers and similar tools not pliers or tweezers, base metal. The Schedule B End Use is listed as photo, service industry machinery.
This information was last updated on Jul 01, 2025.