Which document is this? DD Form 2554-3, official title DD Form 2554-3, TDP Option Selection Worksheet - Developmental Design Drawings and Associated Lists, December 1989. What does it do? It exists to Developmental Design Drawings and Associated Lists. 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.
Where does the requirement come from? From not stated, with not stated responsible for the document itself. Those are the names to cite if anyone asks under what authority you filed.
How current is this? Edition not stated, publisher status not stated. That is the version described throughout this page.
What the form asks for
- A. Contract number.
- B. Exhibit/attachment number.
- C. CLIN.
- D. CDRL data item number.
- 1. Deliverable product. a. Press space bar to mark X if Originals (drawing masters).
- Originals. Identify specification, type, grade and class, etc.
- b. X if reproductions.
- Reproductions. Identify specification, type, grade and class, etc., and quantity of each,
- c. X if digital data.
- Digital data. Identify specification, exchange media, etc.
- 2. CAGE code and document numbers. X first box if contractor, second box if government.
- If government: Use CAGE code.
- (2) Use document numbers.
- (3) If none, to be assigned by:
- 3. Drawing formats and drawing forms. X first box if contractor formats, supplied by contractor, second box if government formats supplied by contractor, or third box if government formats supplied by government.
- If government formats supplied by contractor: samples suppiied by:
- If forms supplied as Government Furnished Material, suppiied by:
- 4. Types and quantity of drawings selection. X first box if contractor selects, second box if government selects.
- 5. Associated lists. X if parts lists.
- If parts lists: X first box if integral, second box if separate, or third box if contractor's option.
- b. X if data lists.
- If data lists, X first box if not required, second box if required.
- If required, specify levels of assembly.
- c. X if index lists.
Download the form
What formats exist for this form? PDF. What is the scale of it? 1 pages and approximately 32 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.
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.
Why does the edition matter so much here? Because DD forms are revised centrally. When the Department reissues one, it reissues it for all branches simultaneously, and the field layout can shift. Compare the printed date against not stated before you type anything.
Which fields are required? Treat all of them as required, marking N/A where an item genuinely does not apply. What trips people on dates? Writing them in a familiar format instead of the one the form specifies.
What is the Privacy Act Statement doing on the form? Telling you, before you supply personal identifiers, under what authority the information is collected, what it will be used for, who else may see it, and whether answering is voluntary or mandatory. Is it worth reading? It is the only part of the form written for your benefit rather than the file's.
How do you sign electronically? With a digital signature, usually CAC-based, in a reader that handles it. Will typing your name work? Not as execution — it fills a field without certifying anything. Either way, the date goes in immediately after.
What sends forms back most often? An obsolete edition, blank required boxes, handwriting illegible after scanning, dates in a format the form did not ask for, and certification without a signature or without a date.
Is the form its own instruction manual? Partly. The rest sits in not stated, which is also the authority where the two texts conflict.
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.
What if DD Form 2554-3 points to another form? Search the series and number. Because the DD sequence is common to every military department, no branch qualifier is needed to land on the right file.
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.
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 2554-3?
- DD Form 2554-3, TDP Option Selection Worksheet - Developmental Design Drawings and Associated Lists, December 1989
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?