You need DD Form 2885, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Personal Commercial Solicitation Evaluation. Its official title is DD Form 2885, Personal Commercial Solicitation Evaluation, 20070613 draft.
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.
After that, turn to timing. The requirement comes from not stated; the form is maintained by not stated. Local implementing instructions fill in the dates, so check with the office that will receive your copy.
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.
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 Old copies circulate in shared drives for years, and a DD form is revised centrally for every service at once, so a superseded blank may not carry the fields your reviewer expects.
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 1 pages, with approximately 23 fields to complete.
Handle xfdl in two steps. First confirm you have IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible reader on your machine; ordinary pdf software will report the file as broken. Once the viewer is running, download and fill the form.
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. Sales representative who contacted you and his or her company. a. Name of sales representative.
- 1.b. Company name.
- 2. Making the appointment. Press space bar to mark X in first box if Yes, second box if no. a. The sales representative failed to make an appointment in advance to see me.
- 2.b. The initial contact to schedule an appointment occurred while I was on duty (during normal duty hours). Mark X if first box if yes, second box if no.
- 2.c. My initial contact was with the sales representative in response to an advertisement that said he or she would be on the installation during a specific time or at a specific place. Mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 2.d. A superior in my chain of command advised or required me to meet with the sales representative. Mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 2.e. The sales representative made initial contact with me via a government phone, fax, or computer.. Mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 3. Time and place of appointment. a. The presentation and/or sale took place on the installation while I was on duty (during normal duty hours). Mark first box if yes, second box if no.
- 3.b. The presentation took place during a mandatory group meeting with other DoD personnel or as part of a military service sponsored financial education program. Mark first box if yes, second box if no.
- 3.c. The presentation took place in an unauthorized or restricted area. Mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 3.d. The sales representative used an on-base facility as a showroom to display his or her product or services. (This does not include displays conducted by military family members in their on-base residence.) Mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 4. Conduct during the interview. a. I was unduly pressured into buying the product or service. Mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 4.b. I was not given the adequate facts, or was induced into making a purchase based on factors other than the merits of the product or service. Mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 4.c. I was offered an incentive to meet with the sales representative, purchase the product or service, or drop a competing offer. Mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 4.d. The sales representative is a full-time DoD employee of senior rank. Mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 4.e. The sales representative implied that he or she is sponsored or endorsed by the military, the installation or my unit. (For example, the representative used an official or unofficial title such as "unit advisor" or "installation consultant".) Mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 4.f. The sales representative had a military pay allotment or direct deposit form in his/her possession, or requested "myPay" account access or PIN number. Mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 5. Your contact information. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 5.b. Home telephone number (include area code).
- 5.c. Work telephone number (include area code).
- 5.d. E-mail address.
- 5.e. Unit address.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
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.
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.
Come back and check the edition next time you need this form. Editions change when the prescribing directive is reissued, when the information collected changes, or when the required notice language is updated, and none of those events reaches you directly. Verifying not stated at the moment you download is the whole defence.
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 2885?
- DD Form 2885, Personal Commercial Solicitation Evaluation, 20070613 draft
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?