Which document is this? DD Form 2051, official title DD Form 2051, Request for Assignment of a Commercial and Government Entity Code, October 2011. What does it do? It exists to Request for Assignment of a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.
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 is behind it? not stated maintains the form, and not stated is the publication that requires it. Those two names answer most questions about why you are being asked to submit anything at all.
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
- Section A - to be completed by initiator. 1. Requesting government agency/activity. a. Name.
- 1.b. Street address.
- 1.b. City.
- 1.b. State.
- 1.b. Zip code.
- 2. Type code requested. Press space bar to mark first box if type A, second box if type F.
- 3. Exception codes. a. C A O.
- 3.b. A D P.
- 4. Initiator. a. Typed name: last, first, middle initial.
- 4b. Office symbol.
- 4.c. Signature.
- 4.d. Telephone number (include area code).
- Section B - to be completed by firm to be coded. 5. Firm. a. Name (include branch of, division of, etc.)
- 5.b. Street address.
- 5.b. City.
- 5.b. State.
- 5.b. Zip code.
- 5.c. CAGE code (if previously assigned).
- 6. If firm previously operated under other name(s) or other address(es) specify the previous name(s) and/or address(es). Use separate sheet of paper if necessary.
- 7. Parent company and affiliated firms. Mark X in first box if none, second box if currently affiliated with other firms, and third box if previously affiliated with other firms. List names and addresses of such firms on a separate sheet of paper.
- 8. Primary business category. Mark X in first box if manufacturer, second box if dealer/distributor, third box if construction firm, fourth box if service company, fifth box if sales office, and sixth box if other.
- 8.f. If other, specify.
- 9. Small disadvantaged business status. Mark X in first box if approved by Small Business Administration for Section 8a program, second box if other small disadvantaged business concern, third box if not small disadvantaged business concern.
- 10. Number of employees.
Download the form
What formats exist for this form? PDF. What is the scale of it? 2 pages and approximately 34 fields.
Do you pay for these? No. Free download, every format. What should you avoid? Filling the form inside a browser tab; the fields frequently do not save.
In what order do you complete it? The printed order, top to bottom. Header data comes before the body, and the body before the signature block. The sequence is not decorative — later entries are keyed to earlier ones.
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.
What if a specific field still puzzles you? Read the instructions printed on the form, then not stated. Which wins if they differ? The directive.
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.
How do you find a form referenced inside this one? By its number alone. The DD sequence runs across the entire Department, so a number identifies exactly one document regardless of which service cited it.
Can you assume a matching number is the same form? No, and this is where downloads go wrong. Read the prefix. Army numbering and Department numbering are independent systems, so the digits alone tell you nothing about which document you need.
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 2051?
- DD Form 2051, Request for Assignment of a Commercial and Government Entity Code, October 2011
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?