SPECIFICATION

1. An essential technical requirement for items, materials, or services, including the procedures to be used to determine whether the requirement has been met. ( 188 ) Note: Specifications may also include requirements for preservation, packaging, packing, and marking. 2. An official document intended primarily for supporting procurement , which document clearly and accurately describes the essential technical requirements for items, materials, or services, including the procedures by which it will be determined that the requirements have been met. ( 188 ) Note: An example of a Federal specification is FIPS-PUB 159, Detail Specification for 62.5- m Core Diameter /125- m Cladding Diameter Class Ia Multimode Optical Fibers .