You need DD Form 1423, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Contract Data Requirements List. Its official title is DD Form 1423, Contract Data Requirements List (4 data items), August 1996.
Then look at the edition date: not stated, publisher status not stated. After that, ask whether the form covers your situation. It almost certainly does regardless of your branch — DD forms run Department-wide rather than through a single service.
Once you know the form fits, find out when you file it. not stated sets the requirement, and not stated maintains the form itself. Your own command or agency adds local timing on top of that, so ask your administrative office if the deadline matters to you.
Before you download, pick your approach — editable file or printed page. What follows covers the formats first, then the entries, then what you do afterward.
Start at the header. Complete your identification before anything else, then work through the main entries, then finish at the certification. Skipping around causes contradictions between the top of the form and the bottom.
Before your first entry, look at the corner of the page and compare the printed date with not stated. If they do not match, stop and download again. Old copies circulate in shared drives for years, and a DD form is revised centrally for every service at once, so a superseded blank may not carry the fields your reviewer expects.
For questions about a specific entry, check the form's own instructions, and if that does not settle it, open not stated. The directive controls where they differ.
Download the form
First, look at what you can download. The set covers PDF, the form runs 2 pages, and you will complete roughly 142 fields.
Download the pdf first. After it opens, test a field with your cursor. Fillable means you type, tab to the next box, and save your work inside the file. Printable means the page is a flat blank, so print it and write your answers in ink.
Prefer typing over writing. Your form will likely be scanned and emailed onward, and typed text reproduces at every stage while pen strokes fade or blur. When you do write, print in capitals so the receiving clerk can read it.
What the form asks for
- 14. Distribution. a. Addressee, line 1 of 3.
- 14.b. Number of Copies. Draft.
- 14.b. Number of Final copies: regular.
- Number of Final copies: reproducible.
- 14. Distribution. a. Addressee, line 2.
- 14.b. Copies. Draft.
- 14.b. Final copies: regular.
- Final copies: reproducible.
- 14.a. Addressee, line 3.
- 14.b. Copies. Draft.
- 14.b. Final copies: regular.
- Final copies: reproducible.
- 14.b. Number of Copies. Draft.
- 14. Distribution. a. Addressee, line 1 of 3.
- 14. Distribution. a. Addressee, line 2.
- 14.b. Number of Final copies: regular.
- Number of Final copies: reproducible.
- 14.a. Addressee, line 3.
- 14.b. Copies. Draft.
- 14.b. Final copies: regular.
- Final copies: reproducible.
- 14. Distribution. a. Addressee, line 1 of 3.
- 14. Distribution. a. Addressee, line 2.
- 14.a. Addressee, line 3.
With the form finished, route it to the office named in not stated or in your organization's own instruction. Keep a copy first. People rarely regret having one and frequently regret not having one.
If the form points you to another document, you can find it by number alone. DD numbering runs across the whole Department, so you do not need to work out which service issued it — one number, one form, everywhere.
Be careful when a procedure pairs this form with a service form. Read the prefix, not just the digits. Service forms answer to a service proponent, while DD forms answer to not stated or an equivalent Department office, and the two sequences were never aligned. Grabbing the wrong prefix gets you a form that has nothing to do with your task.
Do not archive this file and reuse it in a year. Forms are reissued as directives are revised, as data requirements shift, and as statutory notice text is amended. Your protection is simple: download fresh each time and confirm the edition date.
One thing this page does not do: tell you whether your submission will be accepted. We publish the document and explain how to complete it, and that is where our role ends. Nothing here is legal advice. Take questions about eligibility, applicability or procedure to not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1423?
- DD Form 1423, Contract Data Requirements List (4 data items), August 1996
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?