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The U.S. Government has the right to require a U.S. manufacturer or supplier to give priority to deliveries of purchased goods and services. DPAS does not apply to foreign companies. A priority is established by rated orders. Orders are rated either as DO or DX.

Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) The DoC has delegated authority to DoD to place priority ratings on its contracts in ance with DPAS and DoD issues approximately 300,000 rated orders annually. DoD uses two priority ratings: DX and DO.

The DPAS regulations require a contractor to accept a rated order unless one of the listed exceptions applies. A contractor would not have to accept a rated order that it cannot perform.

Defense Production Act Under Title I of the DPA, the President is authorized to require: Preferential acceptance and performance of contracts or orders (other than contracts of employment) supporting certain approved national defense and energy programs.

Defense Priorities & Allocations System (DPAS) The Defense Production Act of 1950 authorized the President to require preferential treatment of national defense programs. Executive Order 12919 put Department of Commerce in charge of program. 15 CFR 700 provides rules for DPAS program.

Under section 700.17(f) of the DPAS regulation (15 CFR Part 700), a person is not required to place a priority rating on an order for less than $75,000, or one half of the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) (as established in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)) (see FAR section 2.101), whichever amount is ...

A DX rating is assigned to those programs of the highest national priority.