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DD Form 1637 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 1637, Notice of Acceptance of Inventory Schedules, June 2003. Stated purpose: Notice of Acceptance of Inventory Schedules. Edition date not stated; status not stated.
Governing directive: not stated. Responsible office: not stated. The DD designation signals joint scope — all military departments, combatant commands and defense agencies draw on a single edition of the document.
Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.
Timing of submission is fixed by not stated and by the implementing guidance of the submitting organization. What follows describes the blank document, not agency procedure.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 1 pages and contains approximately 34 fillable fields.
Distribution centres on pdf. Two states exist: fillable, where field boxes accept keyboard input and retain it, and printable, a static blank produced for manual completion. Typed data reproduces cleanly across copies; handwritten data depends on the writer.
The xfdl release corresponds to IBM Lotus Forms. This format carried Department-wide form distribution for years and opens only in IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible client, not in a pdf reader.
All formats download free of charge. Pdf files open in any modern reader; interactive fields behave most predictably in a desktop application, less so in browser viewers.
What the form asks for
- 1. Plant clearance case number. All future documents concerning this case must bear this plant clearance case number.
- 2. To: Include Zip Code.
- 3. From: include zip code.
- 4. Procurement Instrument Identification Number.
- 5. Subcontract or purchase order number.
- 6. Change order number.
- 7. Termination Docket Number.
- 8. Contractor's Reference Number.
- 9. Type of contract: Press space bar to mark X if a. Fixed price.
- 9.b. Mark X if Cost type.
- 9.c. Mark X if Facility.
- 9.d. Mark X if Lease.
- 9.e. Mark X if Bailment.
- 9.f. Mark X if Storage.
- 10. Type of Inventory. a. Mark X if Termination.
- 10.b. Mark X if Residual to Contract.
- 10.c. Mark X if Change Order.
- 10.d. Mark X if Excess GFP.
- 10.e. Mark X if Production Equipment.
- 11. Cost of inventory schedules: a. Standard Form 1426, Schedule A.
- 11.b. Standard Form 1428 (Schedule B).
- 11.c. Standard Form 1430 (Schedule C).
- 11.d. Standard Form 1432 (Schedule D).
- 11.e. DD Form 1342.
Completion runs in the order printed on the page: identifying data at the head, the body of the entry next, certification at the foot. Header data frequently governs what belongs in the fields below it.
The current edition is not stated. Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field correspondence. Edition date appears in the lower corner of the printed blank.
The signature block takes an actual signature. On paper this means ink; electronically it means a credentialed digital signature, commonly CAC-based. Typed text in a signature field satisfies neither.
Privacy Act Statements accompany DoD forms that gather personal identifiers. Content of the statement: legal authority, principal purpose, routine uses, and the effect of declining to provide the information. It is printed on the form for that reason.
Errors seen most often involve edition mismatch, empty mandatory fields, illegibility after scanning, date formats inconsistent with the printed instruction, and unsigned or undated certification.
Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.
Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.
Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.
Some procedures pair a DD form with a service form. The two numbering systems are separate — service forms answer to a service proponent, DD forms to not stated or another Department office — and a matching number in each system means nothing.
Forms are reissued for several reasons: directive revision, changed data requirements, updated notice language. Confirming not stated at the moment of download covers the risk.
The material here is descriptive. Nothing on the page constitutes legal or procedural advice, and no statement here determines whether a submitted form will be accepted. Such questions go to not stated, a servicing administrative office, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1637?
- DD Form 1637, Notice of Acceptance of Inventory Schedules, June 2003
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?