Which document is this? DD Form 1811, official title DD Form 1811, Pre-Award Survey of Contractor's or Carrier's Facilities and Equipment, June 1979.. What does it do? It exists to Pre-Award Survey of Contractor's/Carrier's Facilities and Equipment. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.
Does it apply to your branch? Yes. The DD prefix means Department of Defense, not one service, so the same blank serves the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and the Coast Guard under Defense jurisdiction. There is no Army version and no Navy version to search for.
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.
Is this the right edition? The current one is dated not stated, and the publisher carries it as not stated. Check that against whatever copy you already have before going further.
What the form asks for
- S. C. A. C.
- Fire protection. Fire contents rate, based on 80 percent co-insurance per $100.00 per year.
- Date (year/month/day).
- Name and address of firm, include zip code.
- Name of operating executive.
- Business telephone number, including area code.
- Home telephone number, including area code.
- Address of storage location, include zip code.
- Warehouse number.
- Area, floor, fire division, etc.
- Warehouse license number.
- Operating authority.
- Hour and days of week open for business.
- Pick up and delivery equipment. Number of trucks, line 1.
- Number of trucks, line 2.
- Number of trucks, line 3.
- Type of trucks, line 1.
- Type of trucks, line 2.
- Type of trucks, line 3.
- D. O. D. fire classification code.
- Weight limitation in pounds.
- Number of miles to nearest fire department.
- Nearest fire hydrant. Number of feet from building.
- Pounds of pressure.
Download the form
What formats exist for this form? PDF. What is the scale of it? 1 pages and approximately 81 fields.
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.
Does typing matter? It does. Your completed form will probably be scanned, forwarded and filed, and typed text comes through each of those steps unchanged while handwriting degrades. If pen is your only option, block capitals give the receiving clerk a fighting chance.
Why will not the xfdl file open? Because it is not a pdf. Xfdl belongs to IBM Lotus Forms, long the Department's electronic form format, and it needs IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or an equivalent reader installed first.
Is there a charge? No — free, all formats. Where should you open the file? In a full pdf application on your own machine. Browser-embedded viewers handle field properties unpredictably.
Where do you start? At the top. Identification first, the substance of the entry second, certification last. Why that order? Because fields lower on the page often depend on data you established in the header, and filling out of sequence produces contradictions.
What if your copy is old? Replace it. Check the date printed on the form against not stated. Old blanks circulate for years in shared folders, and because a DD revision lands across the whole Department at once, the receiving office will be working from the new layout.
Is the form its own instruction manual? Partly. The rest sits in not stated, which is also the authority where the two texts conflict.
Who receives it? The office not stated designates, subject to whatever local instruction your organization adds. What do you keep? A copy, made before the form leaves your hands.
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.
Why do some instructions cite both a DA and a DD form? Because the procedure touches both systems, not because the forms are related. Service forms answer to a service proponent; DD forms answer to not stated or another Department office. The sequences were never aligned.
How often does a form like this change? Unpredictably — revision follows directive changes, altered collection requirements and updated notice language. What is the practical defence? Verifying not stated every time you download rather than trusting a saved copy.
Is any of this advice? No. This page distributes a published Defense form and explains its contents, which is a different thing from telling you whether your circumstances qualify or whether a reviewer will accept your copy. Direct questions of eligibility, applicability and procedure to not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1811?
- DD Form 1811, Pre-Award Survey of Contractor's or Carrier's Facilities and Equipment, June 1979.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?