So what is DD Form 691? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 691, Department of Defense Application for Priority Rating for Production or Construction Equipment, May 2005, used to Application for Priority Rating for Production or Construction Equipment, Department of Defense. Anything else you need follows from that.
Is there a version specific to your service? No. A DD number is issued at Department level, which is the whole point of the prefix — every military department and defense agency works from one identical document. Looking for a branch variant wastes time you do not have.
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.
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
- Name and description of equipment, enter S I C code if available. Line 1 of 4.
- Quantity (number of units).
- Purchase price per unit.
- Required delivery date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Number of hours per week to be in operation on rated contracts and orders.
- Priority rating of the rated orders on which you will use the requested equipment items. Press space bar to mark X in first box if DX (highest national priority) or second box if DO (highest defense priority).
- For government use only. Enter quantity (number of units).
- Description of equipment, line 2.
- Quantity.
- Purchase price per unit.
- Required delivery date.
- Number of hours per week to be in operation.
- Mark X in first box if DX (highest national priority) or second box if DO (highest defense priority).
- For government use only. Enter quantity.
- Description of equipment, line 3.
- Quantity.
- Purchase price per unit.
- Required delivery date.
- Number of hours per week to be in operation.
- Mark X in first box if DX (highest national priority) or second box if DO (highest defense priority).
- For government use only. Enter quantity.
- Description of equipment, line 4.
- Quantity.
- Purchase price per unit.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 4 pages, about 99 entry 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.
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.
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.
Where do you look up an unclear entry? The form face first, not stated second. And when the two disagree? not stated controls.
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.
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 691?
- DD Form 691, Department of Defense Application for Priority Rating for Production or Construction Equipment, May 2005
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?