DD Form 1149, Requisition and Invoice/Shipping Document

DD Form 1149, "Requisition and Invoice/Shipping Document," is a Department of Defense form used to requisition, invoice, and ship materiel and government property between DoD activities, and between DoD and contractors. It is a manual, general-purpose alternative used specifically for transactions that fall outside the Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures (MILSTRIP) system. The current edition (January 2016) is published and maintained by Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), Executive Services Directorate, as part of the DoD Forms Management Program.

What it is

DD Form 1149 is a multi-purpose requisition and shipping/invoice document. DoD guidance is explicit that the form is not used for MILSTRIP transactions; instead it applies where other DoD regulations call for a manual requisition or shipping document. Documented uses include lateral transfers of property between units or installations outside automated supply channels, and the transfer of Government-furnished property (GFP) to contractors and back, under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 45 and DoDD 4161.02 policy on Government contract property. A companion form, DD Form 1149-1/1149C (continuation/shipping container tally sheet), is used when a transaction needs more line items than fit on the base form.

Who operates it

The form itself is published and version-controlled by WHS Executive Services Directorate as a standard DoD form. Instructions for completing and distributing the form were historically set out in DoD 4161.2-M, "Department of Defense Manual for the Performance of Contract Property Administration" (Appendix 5). 48 CFR 245.7001-2 (indexed on govinfo.gov) references DD Form 1149 by name, specifically for transfer and donation of contractor inventory.

Access

The blank form (PDF, fillable) and its continuation sheet are published for free public download on the WHS DoD Forms site (esd.whs.mil). No account, CAC, or login is required to obtain or fill out the form itself; a completed DD 1149 is then routed through the requisitioning/shipping/receiving activities involved in the specific transaction, not submitted through any centralized public portal.

How logisticians use it

Supply, transportation, and property-administration personnel use DD 1149 whenever a requisition, shipment, or property transfer isn't going through MILSTRIP's automated channels. Typical scenarios: lateral transfer of equipment or supplies between units/installations, return of damaged or repairable equipment to a depot, and transfer of GFP/GFM/GFE to or from a contractor (including property a contractor is to service, or property furnished for temporary contractor use). Contract property administrators use it in conjunction with Government contract property procedures (currently under DoDD 4161.02) to document the chain of custody and quantities for property accountability purposes, other than transfers of accountability between existing contracts, which use Standard Form 30 instead.

Related systems

DD Form 1149 sits alongside MILSTRIP (the Defense Logistics Management Standards / DLM 4000.25 series) as the manual, non-automated counterpart used when MILSTRIP doesn't apply. It also connects to Government property accountability policy under FAR Part 45 and DoDD 4161.02, and to the contract property administration procedures historically documented in DoD 4161.2-M.