scope:

a. This instruction applies to the following activities (exceptions are listed in second subparagraph):

(1) those that maintain Navy-owned retail secondary item inventories, regardless of funding source of the inventory;

(2) those commands and activities participating in, or responsible for, the development and maintenance of allowance lists; and

(3) contractors that hold Navy owned material through a material management contract or maintenance contract.

b. The policies of this instruction do not apply to the following and are specifically governed by separate policy guidance:

(1) Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines, which are governed by reference (b);

(2) material owned by a contractor providing supply support services to the Navy;

(3) management of wholesale inventories, which is governed by reference (a); and

(4) requirements determination for principal end items (such as vehicles and aircraft), ammunition, bulk petroleum, War Reserve Material (WRM), nuclear reactor plant, inert nuclear and design-controlled cryptographic material.