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DD Form 2554-8 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 2554-8, TDP Option Selection Worksheet, Program Peculiar Specifications, December 1989. Stated purpose: Program Peculiar Specifications. 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.
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.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 1 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 31.
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.
What the form asks for
- A. Contract number.
- B. Exhibit/attachment number.
- C. CLIN.
- D. CDRL data item number.
- 1. Item, process or material.
- 2. Specification type per mil-std-490. Press space bar to mark X in one block only of type A, B (1)-(5), C(1)(a) - (4), D, or E
- 3. Form. X first box if form 1a, second box if form 1b, third box if form 2, or fourth box if form 3.
- 4. Associated documents per mil-std-490. a. Document. (1) X if specification change notice.
- (2) X if engineering change proposals.
- (3) X if specification revision pages.
- b. CDRL data item number.
- (4) X if changes to general specification for ships of the U.S. Navy.
- b. CDRL data item number.
- b. CDRL data item number.
- (5) X if software top level design document.
- b. CDRL data item number.
- (6) X if software detailed design document.
- b. CDRL data item number.
- (7) X if interface design document.
- b. CDRL data item number.
- (8) X if database design document.
- b. CDRL data item number.
- b. CDRL data item number.
- 5. Deliverable product. a. X if Originals (masters).
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.
Edition in use: not stated. Because DD forms are revised at Department level and distributed to all services at once, an obsolete printing may not match the fields an office expects. The date is printed on the form face.
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.
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.
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.
This page distributes a published Department of Defense document and describes it. It is not a source of legal advice and makes no representation about acceptance of any completed form. Questions of applicability, eligibility or procedure belong to not stated, the servicing personnel office, or the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2554-8?
- DD Form 2554-8, TDP Option Selection Worksheet, Program Peculiar Specifications, December 1989
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?