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DFARS 252.247-7028 Application for U.S. Government Shipping Documentation/Instructions.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This clause tells contractors how to request U.S. Government shipping documentation, normally by submitting DD Form 1659 to a transportation officer or contract administration office. If an automated shipment-request system is available, the contractor must use that system instead of the form. It matters because it sets the required method for getting bills of lading and shipping instructions.

Applies to: Contractors shipping under contracts that include this clause

What it requires

  • Request bills of lading by submitting DD Form 1659 to the transportation officer named in the contract schedule or to the contract administration office
  • Use an available automated shipment-request system instead of DD Form 1659

Key terms: bills of lading · DD Form 1659 · transportation officer · contract administration office · automated system

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 247.207, use the following clause:

Application for U.S. Government Shipping Documentation/Instructions (JUN 2012)

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this clause, the Contractor shall request bills of lading by submitting a DD Form 1659, Application for U.S. Government Shipping Documentation/Instructions, to the—

(1) Transportation Officer, if named in the contract schedule; or

(2) Contract administration office.

(b) If an automated system is available for shipment requests, use service/agency systems (e.g., Navy's Global Freight Management-Electronic Transportation Acquisition (GFM-ETA) and Financial Air Clearance Transportation System (FACTS) Shipment Processing Module, Air Force's Cargo Movement Operations System, DCMA's Shipment Instruction Request (SIR) E-tool, and DLA's Distribution Standard System Vendor Shipment Module in lieu of DD Form 1659.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 247.207 Solicitation provisions, contract clauses, and special requirements.

Sections that refer to it

  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 247.101 Policies.
  • 247.207 Solicitation provisions, contract clauses, and special requirements.

← 252.247-7027 Riding Gang Member Requirements. · 252.249-7000 Special termination costs. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 252

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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