So what is DD Form 1547? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 1547, Record of Weighted Guidelines Application, July 2002., used to Record of Weighted Guidelines Application. Anything else you need follows from that.
Will you need a different form because of where you serve? No. DD forms are Department-wide instruments, and that scope is what separates them from service publications. One edition, all branches, defense agencies included.
Who decides this form exists? not stated owns it; not stated directs its use. If someone told you to file this, the authority traces back to those.
Which edition should you have? not stated, listed as not stated. A copy dated otherwise is a copy worth replacing.
What the form asks for
- 3. S P I I N.
- 13. Material cost objective.
- 14. Subcontracts cost objective.
- 15. Direct labor cost objective.
- 16. Indirect expenses cost objective.
- 17. Other direct charges.
- 18. Subtotal costs (Sum of 13 through 17). Amount is automatically entered in this field.
- 19. General and administrative costs.
- 20. Total cost objective (Item 18 plus item 19). Amount is automatically entered in this field.
- WEIGHTED GUIDELINES PROFIT FACTORS. 21. Technical assigned weighting percentage.
- 21. Technical assigned value.
- 22. Management/cost control assigned weighting percentage.
- 22. Management/cost control assigned value.
- 23. Performance risk (composite) assigned value.
- 23. Performance risk (composite) base price.
- 23. Performance risk (composite) profit objective.
- 24. Contract type risk assigned value.
- 24. Contract type risk base price.
- 24. Contract type risk profit objective.
- 25. Working capital interest rate percentage.
- 25. Working capital profit objective.
- 26. Amount of land employed.
- 27. Amount of buildings employed.
- Cost efficiency factor. 29. Assigned value percentage
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 1 pages with roughly 72 fields to complete.
Why do two kinds of pdf exist? Because two kinds of user exist. One completes the form on screen and forwards a file; the other prints a blank and fills it by hand. The fillable release has interactive boxes, the printable release is a static image of the same page.
Is handwriting acceptable? Yes, but it is the weaker choice. Scanning flattens pen strokes and reproduction blurs them, while typed characters survive the whole chain intact. Print in capitals if you are working from a paper blank.
Can you skip around the form? Better not to. The layout runs identification, then content, then certification, and entries near the bottom frequently take their meaning from what sits above them.
What is the first thing to check? The edition date on the face of the form. Does it read not stated? If not, the copy is superseded, and a superseded DD form is a real problem: Department-level revisions replace the blank for every service at once, so an old file on a shared drive is stale everywhere, not just in your office.
Where do you look up an unclear entry? The form face first, not stated second. And when the two disagree? not stated controls.
What happens after you finish? It routes to the office specified in not stated or in local guidance. And your own record? Save a duplicate first; nobody regrets having one.
Do you need to know which branch issued a related form? No. DD numbering is Department-wide and unified, which means the number on its own is a complete address for the document.
Do DA and DD numbers ever correspond? Never. DA numbering is Army-specific, administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Department-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Identical digits in the two systems mean two unrelated documents, which is why the prefix matters more than the number.
Why do editions change at all? Three reasons, mostly: the prescribing directive gets reissued, the information collected changes, or the required notice language is amended. Are you notified when it happens? No. Which is why confirming not stated at the moment you download is worth the few seconds.
Will your completed form be accepted? That is not a question this page can answer. What you have here is a published Department of Defense document, a description of it and instructions for filling it out. Nothing on the page is legal advice, and nothing here determines what any office does with a submission. Where do the remaining questions go? To not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1547?
- DD Form 1547, Record of Weighted Guidelines Application, July 2002.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?