[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR700.3]



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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

  CHAPTER VII--BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 

PART 700_DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM--Table of Contents

 

                           Subpart B_Overview

 

Sec. 700.3  Priority ratings and rated orders.



    (a) Rated orders are identified by a priority rating consisting of 

the rating--either DX or DO--and a program identification symbol. Rated 

orders take preference over all unrated orders as necessary to meet 

required delivery dates. Among rated orders, DX rated orders take 

preference over DO rated orders. Program identification symbols



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indicate which approved program is involved with the rated order. For 

example, A1 identifies defense aircraft programs and A7 signifies 

defense electronic programs. The program identification symbols, in 

themselves, do not connote any priority.

    (b) Persons receiving rated orders must give them preferential 

treatment as required by this regulation. This means a person must 

accept and fill a rated order for items that the person normally 

supplies. The existence of previously accepted unrated or lower rated 

orders is not sufficient reason for rejecting a rated order. Persons are 

required to reschedule unrated orders if they conflict with performance 

against a rated order. Similarly, persons must reschedule DO rated 

orders if they conflict with performance against a DX rated order.

    (c) All rated orders must be scheduled to the extent possible to 

ensure delivery by the required delivery date.

    (d) Persons who receive rated orders must in turn place rated orders 

with their suppliers for the items they need to fill the orders. This 

provision ensures that suppliers will give priority treatment to rated 

orders from contractor to subcontractor to suppliers throughout the 

procurement chain.

    (e) Persons may place a priority rating on orders only when they are 

in receipt of a rated order, have been explicitly authorized to do so by 

the Department of Commerce or a Delegate Agency, or are otherwise 

permitted to do so by this regulation.



[49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989, as 

amended at 63 FR 31921, June 11, 1998]