DID80503.pdf

This document is a Data Item Description (DID) for a Report of Shipping and Packaging Discrepancy (Standard Form 364). The document provides detailed instructions for contractors to notify the Government when freight contents do not match shipping documents. Key instructions include:

The report's primary purposes are to support adjustments of property financial inventory accounting and provide information for claims. Contractors must complete the form when receiving Government material during defense contract performance, indicating shipping or packaging discrepancies. The form requires specific details such as transportation document type, invoice numbers, shipping information, quantity shipped/received, and discrepancy codes. The document specifies precise formatting requirements for each section of the report, including how to enter dates, addresses, contract numbers, and other critical shipping and receiving information.