Which document is this? DD Form 2773, official title DD Form 2773, Report of Contractor Services, September 1998. What does it do? It exists to Report of Contractor Services. 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 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 1. 1. Inspecting activity.
- 2. Contractor name.
- 3. Contract number.
- 4. Order number.
- 5. Shipment inspected. Press space bar to mark X if residence.
- 5. Mark X if contractor's facility.
- 5. Mark X if Other.
- 5. If other, specify.
- 6.a. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 6.b. Time.
- 7.a. Property owner's name (last, first, middle initial).
- 7.b. Rank/Grade.
- 7.c. Social security number.
- 8. Pickup/delivery address (Street, apartment number, City, State, ZIP code).
- Section 2. 9. a. Did the carrier perform a premove survey, if required? 10. Reference: appropriate contract paragraph number, when service is unacceptable.
- 11. Schedules. Schedule I. Enter A for Acceptable, U for Unacceptable, or NA for Not Applicable.
- Schedule III. Enter A, U, or NA.
- 9. b. Did the contractor weigh the shipment in accordance with prescribed procedures? 10. Reference.
- Schedule I. Enter A, U, or NA.
- Schedule III. Enter A, U, or NA.
- 9.c. Was P B P and E properly weighed? 10. Reference.
- Schedule I. Enter A, U, or NA.
- Schedule III. Enter A, U, or NA.
- 9.d. Did the contractor reweigh in accordance with prescribed procedures? 10. Reference.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 1 pages, about 93 entry 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.
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.
Is xfdl worth downloading? Only if you have the viewer. The format comes from IBM Lotus Forms, which carried Defense form distribution for a long stretch, and no ordinary pdf application will read it.
What does any of this cost? Nothing. Every format listed is a free download. One practical note: save the file and open it in a desktop pdf reader, because browser previews often ignore interactive fields and lose what you typed.
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 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.
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 does the Privacy Act notice cover? Four things: the legal authority behind the collection, the purpose, the routine uses, and whether disclosure is required. When should you read it? Before entering personal information, while the choice is still open.
Is a typed name enough? No. The signature block takes an actual signature: pen on paper, or a digital signature applied with your Common Access Card where the receiving system accepts one. Add the date beside it before you close the file.
What goes wrong most? The same short list: old edition, empty fields, illegibility, wrong date format, missing signature or date.
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.
Where does the completed form go? To the office named in not stated or in your organization's local procedure. Should you keep a copy? Always — a scan or a saved file costs nothing and spares you the whole exercise if the original disappears.
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.
Should you archive this file and reuse it next year? Better not. Forms are revised as directives are reissued, as data requirements shift and as statutory notice text is updated, and none of that reaches you directly. Download fresh, check the edition date.
What does this page actually provide? The blank form and a description of it. What does it not provide? Legal guidance, procedural rulings, or any assurance about a particular filing. Who answers those? not stated, the administrative office that serves you, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2773?
- DD Form 2773, Report of Contractor Services, September 1998
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?