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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2051. Full title: DD Form 2051, Request for Assignment of a Commercial and Government Entity Code, October 2011. Function: Request for Assignment of a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Issued under not stated, with not stated as proponent. A DD number marks a Department-wide instrument: the same blank form serves every military department and the defense agencies, rather than one service alone.
Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.
Submission follows the schedule set by not stated and by local implementing procedures. This page provides the blank form for download and general orientation only.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 2 pages with about 34 entry 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.
What the form asks for
- Section A - to be completed by initiator. 1. Requesting government agency/activity. a. Name.
- 1.b. Street address.
- 1.b. City.
- 1.b. State.
- 1.b. Zip code.
- 2. Type code requested. Press space bar to mark first box if type A, second box if type F.
- 3. Exception codes. a. C A O.
- 3.b. A D P.
- 4. Initiator. a. Typed name: last, first, middle initial.
- 4b. Office symbol.
- 4.c. Signature.
- 4.d. Telephone number (include area code).
- Section B - to be completed by firm to be coded. 5. Firm. a. Name (include branch of, division of, etc.)
- 5.b. Street address.
- 5.b. City.
- 5.b. State.
- 5.b. Zip code.
- 5.c. CAGE code (if previously assigned).
- 6. If firm previously operated under other name(s) or other address(es) specify the previous name(s) and/or address(es). Use separate sheet of paper if necessary.
- 7. Parent company and affiliated firms. Mark X in first box if none, second box if currently affiliated with other firms, and third box if previously affiliated with other firms. List names and addresses of such firms on a separate sheet of paper.
- 8. Primary business category. Mark X in first box if manufacturer, second box if dealer/distributor, third box if construction firm, fourth box if service company, fifth box if sales office, and sixth box if other.
- 8.f. If other, specify.
- 9. Small disadvantaged business status. Mark X in first box if approved by Small Business Administration for Section 8a program, second box if other small disadvantaged business concern, third box if not small disadvantaged business concern.
- 10. Number of employees.
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.
Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
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 2051?
- DD Form 2051, Request for Assignment of a Commercial and Government Entity Code, October 2011
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?