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Department of Defense form 1654. Official designation: DD Form 1654, Evaluation of Transportation Cost Factors, April 1999. Purpose: Evaluation of Transportation Cost Factors. Current edition 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.
When the form is filed is a matter of not stated and local instruction. The description here covers the document itself and how to obtain a copy.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 2 pages with about 191 entry fields.
The pdf is the primary distribution format. A fillable pdf accepts typed entries in defined field boxes and stores them in the file; a printable pdf is a flat image of the blank, meant for pen entry after printing. The distinction matters for legibility and for records that pass between offices.
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. PR, PD, or MIPR Number.
- 2. Solicitation Number.
- 3. Bid Opening or Proposal Closing Date.
- 4. Date Required.
- 5. FMS. Press space bar to mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 6. Uniform Freight Class.
- 7. National Motor Freight Class.
- Rate per (if other than CWT.).
- Transportation Data. a. Name of Competitor, line 1.
- b. Item number.
- c. X if FMS increment.
- d. Origin (city, state and zip code).
- e. Destination (Installation or city, state and zip code).
- g. Quantity to be shipped in each shipment.
- h. Number of units per container.
- i. Weight of each container (pounds).
- j. Size of container in inches (length-width-height).
- k. Gross shipping weight.
- l. Mode of shipment (code).
- m. Rate (per measure used).
- n. Total cost of transportation (to be provided by Transportation Officer).
- f. Number of shipments.
- a. Name of competitor, line 2.
- b. Item number.
The document is filled from the top down. Identification precedes substance, substance precedes certification. Fields lower on the page are commonly keyed to entries made above them.
Verify the edition date against not stated before entry. Department-level revisions replace the blank across every service simultaneously, so an old copy in a desk drawer may no longer correspond to current field numbering.
Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
Associated forms are traced by number within the series. Because the DD sequence is common to all military departments, no service qualifier is needed to identify a referenced form.
A DD number and a DA number may appear in the same instruction without being related. DA forms belong to the Army alone; DD forms belong to the Department and are administered at Department level. The sequences are independent.
Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.
Scope of this page: distribution of a published form and description of its contents. It offers no legal guidance and no assurance regarding any particular submission. Direct procedural questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1654?
- DD Form 1654, Evaluation of Transportation Cost Factors, 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?