Start here if you have been told to submit DD Form 1641. First, know what you are filling: Disposal Determination Approval. The document is titled DD Form 1641, Disposal Determination Approval, April 2000.
Next, check the edition. You want not stated, currently carried as not stated by the publisher. Then confirm the form applies to you — this is a Department of Defense form, so you use it whether you serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force or Coast Guard under Defense jurisdiction.
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.
Last in this stage, choose your method: complete it on screen, or print the blank form and fill it out in pen. The sections below take each route step by step.
Begin at the top and move down. Enter your identifying data first, then the body of the form, then the signature block. The sequence is printed in that order because entries below frequently follow from entries above.
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 Old copies circulate in shared drives for years, and a DD form is revised centrally for every service at once, so a superseded blank may not carry the fields your reviewer expects.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 1 pages, and you will complete roughly 76 fields.
All of it downloads free. When you are ready to work, do this: save the file locally, then open it in a full pdf application. Browsers often ignore field properties, and you can lose everything you typed.
What the form asks for
- 1. Plant Clearance Case Number.
- 2. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- 3. Type of contract. Press space bar to mark X in first box if fixed price, second box if cost type, third box if facility, fourth box if lease, or fifth box if bailment.
- 4. Inventory Schedule Number (Attach Copy).
- 5. Type of inventory. X first box if termination, second box if residual to contract, third box if change order, fourth box if excess GFP, or fifth box if production equipment.
- 6.a. Name of Prime Contractor.
- 6. b. Address of Prime Contractor, Include Zip Code.
- 6.c. Procurement Instrument I D Number.
- 7.a. Name of Subcontractor.
- 7.b. Address of Subcontractor, Include Zip Code.
- 7.c. Subcontract Number.
- Category A. 7. Other (Specify).
- Category B. 7. Other (Specify).
- Category C. 4. Other (Specify).
- 8.a. Alphanumeric code(s), line 1.
- b. Item number(s).
- c. Acquisition cost.
- a. Alphanumeric code(s), line 2.
- b. Item number(s).
- c. Acquisition cost.
- a. Alphanumeric code(s), line 3.
- b. Item number(s).
- c. Acquisition cost.
- a. Alphanumeric code(s), line 4.
Now that it is complete, send it where not stated or your local procedure says it goes. Before you do, make yourself a copy — scan it or save the file elsewhere. It costs you nothing and saves you the whole exercise if the original goes missing.
Should you need a related form, look it up by its number. The DD sequence is Department-wide, which makes your search simple: no service qualifier, no branch-specific variant to track down.
Watch out for one trap here. If your instructions cite a DA form as well, do not assume the numbers are connected. DA numbering belongs to the Army alone; DD numbering belongs to the Department and is administered by not stated or another Department office. The same number in each system means two unrelated forms, so read the prefix before you download.
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.
Before you go, note what is not covered here. You have the blank form and instructions for completing it; you do not have legal guidance, and no statement on this page determines what any office will do with your submission. Direct those questions to not stated, to the personnel office that serves you, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1641?
- DD Form 1641, Disposal Determination Approval, April 2000
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?