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DD Form 2241 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 2241, Standare Alternate Item Referral/Reject Notification, August 1980. Stated purpose: Standard Alternate Item Referral/Reject Notification. Edition date not stated; 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.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 2 pages and contains approximately 27 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.
Every listed format is free to download. Modern pdf software handles the pdf files, with the caveat that browser-embedded viewers sometimes ignore field properties that a desktop reader honours.
What the form asks for
- To.
- From.
- CIMM or WIMM.
- 4. Secondary item control center code.
- 5. Provisioning control code.
- 6. Date of request (Julian date).
- 7. Item serial number.
- 8. Action taken code.
- 9. Item name and modifier(s).
- 10. Secondary Item Control Center Submitted Item. National Stock Number.
- Part number.
- FSCM (Federal Supply Code for Manufacturers).
- 11. Proposed item. National Stock Number.
- Part number.
- FSCM.
- Item standardization code.
- 12. Source of data.
- 13. Copy of data enclosed. Press space bar to mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 14. Information code.
- 14. Recommended action. X first box if respond to YL/YQ offer, second box if resubmit a new SSR under a new DOR, or third box if other.
- If other, explain.
- 16. Remarks/explanation.
- 17. Name of preparer (last, first, middle initial).
- 18. Office symbol.
Order of completion: identification block first, substantive entries second, certification and signature last. The blank is laid out in that sequence and the sequence is not arbitrary — later entries often depend on data established in the header.
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.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
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.
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.
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 2241?
- DD Form 2241, Standare Alternate Item Referral/Reject Notification, August 1980
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?