National Stock Number
6850-00-985-7166
National Stock Number (NSN) 6850-00-985-7166, or NIIN 009857166, (water purification tablet,iodine) was assigned January 1, 1962 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN replaces 2 stock numbers: 4610011783431, 6850002502620.
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. 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 Feb 08, 2012. There has been one contract issued for this part number, with 5 awards given. The US Government has only awarded those contracts to one supplier. The last contract numbers awarded were: SPM2DP08D0006, SPM2DP08D0006, SPM2DP08D0006, SPM2DP08D0006, SPM2DP08D0006. The total value of the awarded contracts has been US$ 478,605.36.
This NSN is somewhat common among different platforms, belonging to 2 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 Jan 16, 2007, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Suitable for Competitive Acquisition. (Potential sources shall include dealers/distributors.) The Government has unlimited rights to the technical data, and the data package is complete. Valid AMCs: 1 and 2.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 07563. [AN ITEM IN TABLET FORM ESPECIALLY COMPOUNDED TO PROVIDE POTABLE WATER BY MEANS OF THE BACTERICIDAL AND FUNGICIDAL ACTION OF IODINE THAT IS LIBERATED IN THE WATER BEING TREATED. WHEN OF A SINGLE SPECIFIC CHEMICAL, USE SPECIFIC CHEMICAL NAME.]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. Information is in the Hazardous Materials Information Resource System (HMIRS). NSN 6850009857166 does not contain precious metals.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 2801200000: iodine. The Schedule B End Use is listed as chemicals-inorganic.
This information was last updated on Jul 01, 2025.