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DD Form 1653 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 1653, Transportation Data for Solicitations, April 1999. Stated purpose: Transportation Data for Solicitations. Edition date not stated; status not stated.
Prescribing authority: not stated. Proponent: not stated. Unlike service-specific publications, DD forms carry Department-level authority and apply across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and Coast Guard when operating under Defense jurisdiction.
Common users: service members regardless of branch, Defense civilian staff, and the offices that file, verify or retain the finished document.
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 109 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.
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What the form asks for
- 8. Evaluation of port bids or proposal (Ports and combined handling and transportation charges per mesasurement ton used by Government for evaluation purposes). a. Destination Country, Line 1.
- 8.b. Origin ports (air or water). Line 1, port 1.
- 8.b. Origin port 2.
- 8.b. Origin port 3.
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- 8.b. Origin port 5.
- 8.a. Destination Country, Line 2.
- 8.b. Origin ports (air or water). Line 2, port 1.
- 8.b. Origin port 2.
- 8.b. Origin port 3.
- 8.b. Origin port 4.
- 8.b. Origin port 5.
- 8.a. Destination Country, Line 3.
- 8.b. Origin ports (air or water). Line 3, port 1.
- 8.b. Origin port 2.
- 8.b. Origin port 3.
- 8.b. Origin port 4.
- 8.b. Origin port 5.
- 8.a. Destination Country, Line 4.
- 8.b. Origin ports (air or water). Line 4, port 1.
- 8.b. Origin port 2.
- 8.b. Origin port 3.
- 8.b. Origin port 4.
- 8.b. Origin port 5.
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Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1653?
- DD Form 1653, Transportation Data for Solicitations, April 1999
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?