You need DD Form 1654, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Evaluation of Transportation Cost Factors. Its official title is DD Form 1654, Evaluation of Transportation Cost Factors, April 1999.
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.
Then settle the schedule. You are working under not stated, with not stated responsible for the document, and your organization layers its own deadlines on that. Ask before you assume a date.
Finally, decide how you will complete it. You can type into a fillable file or print a blank and write by hand, and the rest of this page walks you through both paths in order.
Now fill it in. Work from the top of the page downward, and do not jump ahead — the identifying block comes first, the substance of your entry second, the certification last. Later boxes often depend on what you put at the top.
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 Old copies circulate in shared drives for years, and a DD form is revised centrally for every service at once, so a superseded blank may not carry the fields your reviewer expects.
If a particular field puzzles you, read the instructions printed on the form first, then go to not stated. When the two disagree, follow the directive.
Download the form
Step one is picking the format. You have PDF to choose from, across 2 pages, with approximately 191 fields to complete.
Whichever you pick, you pay nothing — every format here is a free download. One last tip: open your pdf in a desktop reader rather than in a browser tab, because browser viewers sometimes drop the interactive fields you need.
What the form asks for
- 1. PR, PD, or MIPR Number.
- 2. Solicitation Number.
- 3. Bid Opening or Proposal Closing Date.
- 4. Date Required.
- 5. FMS. Press space bar to mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 6. Uniform Freight Class.
- 7. National Motor Freight Class.
- Rate per (if other than CWT.).
- Transportation Data. a. Name of Competitor, line 1.
- b. Item number.
- c. X if FMS increment.
- d. Origin (city, state and zip code).
- e. Destination (Installation or city, state and zip code).
- g. Quantity to be shipped in each shipment.
- h. Number of units per container.
- i. Weight of each container (pounds).
- j. Size of container in inches (length-width-height).
- k. Gross shipping weight.
- l. Mode of shipment (code).
- m. Rate (per measure used).
- n. Total cost of transportation (to be provided by Transportation Officer).
- f. Number of shipments.
- a. Name of competitor, line 2.
- b. Item number.
Submit the completed form through the channel not stated or your local guidance specifies. Save a copy for yourself before it leaves your hands, whether that means a scan, a photograph or a duplicate file.
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.
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.
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 1654?
- DD Form 1654, Evaluation of Transportation Cost Factors, April 1999
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?