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DD Form 250

The DD250 is the traditional receipt and acceptance instrument for shipments on defense contracts, referred to as a Receiving Report. Prior to advances like copiers and laser printers the original DD250 was an eight-part form with interleaved carbon-paper, allowing copies to be distributed to all required parties, but not easily accommodating mistakes! Mandated by DFARS Appendix F, the original form was distributed by the Government Printing Office.

The introduction of the Xerox copier allowed for the DD250 to be typed on a single sheet and then ‘xeroxed’ for distribution. After that, fan-fold DD250 forms allowed Receiving Reports to be completed by computer systems. The introduction of the first laser-printed version of the form by Mil-Pac Technology in 1989 eliminated the need for fan-fold forms and typewriters.

The introduction of Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) began the gradual replacement of the paper DD250 for receipt and acceptance of defense contract shipments with the electronic acceptance in WAWF. After the full adoption of WAWF as the method of Government acceptance for defense contracts, the DD250 requirement was removed from the DFARS. It remains in use as a highly recognizable traveler for defense shipments, documentation of a transaction that actually occurs entirely in WAWF

WA250 Form

The WA250, which is short for WAWF-DD250, is a variant of the traditional DD250 specifically for use with WAWF Receiving Reports, including data fields introduced for it. It is a valid substitute for the DD250, indicative of a shipment that was transacted in Wide Area Workflow.