[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR700.12]

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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 D_Industrial Priorities
 
Sec.  700.12  Elements of a rated order.

    Each rated order must include:
    (a) The appropriate priority rating (e.g. DO-A1, DX-A4, DO-H1);
    (b) A required delivery date or dates. The words ``immediately'' or 
``as soon as possible'' do not constitute a delivery date. A 
``requirements contract'', ``basic ordering agreement'', ``prime vendor 
contract'', or similar procurement document bearing a priority rating 
may contain no specific delivery date or dates and may provide for the 
furnishing of items from time-to-time or within a stated period against 
specific purchase orders, such as ``calls'', ``requisitions'', and 
``delivery orders''. These purchase orders must specify a required 
delivery date or dates and are to be considered as rated as of the date 
of their receipt by the supplier and not as of the date of the original 
procurement document;
    (c) The written signature on a manually placed order, or the digital 
signature or name on an electronically

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placed order, of an individual authorized to sign rated orders for the 
person placing the order. The signature or use of the name certifies 
that the rated order is authorized under this part and that the 
requirements of this part are being followed; and
    (d) A statement that reads in substance:

    This is a rated order certified for national defense use, and you 
are required to follow all the provisions of the Defense Priorities and 
Allocations System regulation (15 CFR part 700).

[49 FR 30414, July 30, 1984. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989, as 
amended at 63 FR 31922, June 11, 1998]