DOC DPAS
MANUAL

DOD DPAS
MANUAL

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U.S. Department of Defense Sample DOD DPAS Order without DPAS Regulation Enforcement

U.S. Department of Defense Corrected DOD DPAS Order with DPAS Regulation Enforcement Modification

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The Department of Defense has authority under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) (15 CFR 700) to place industrial priority ratings on its contracts. … In accordance with DoD 4400.1-M, Department of Defense Priorities and Allocations Manual, DO ratings are placed on the vast majority of DoD contracts.

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U.S. Department of Commerce DPAS Regulation

15 CFR 700.3 Priority ratings and rated orders. (d) Persons who receive rated orders must in turn place rated orders with their suppliers for the items they need to fill the orders.

15 CFR 700.7 Compliance. (a) Compliance with the provisions of this regulation and official actions is required by the Defense Production Act and the Selective Service Act and related statutes. Violators are subject to criminal penalties. (b) Any person who places or receives a rated order should be thoroughly familiar with, and must comply with, the provisions of this regulation.

15 CFR 700.12 Elements of a rated order. Each rated order must include:
(a) The appropriate priority rating…
(b) A required delivery date or dates…
(c) The written signature…, or the digital signature …; 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 700).”

15 CFR 700.13 Acceptance and rejection of rated orders. …(c) Optional rejection. Unless otherwise directed by Commerce, rated orders may be rejected in any of the following cases as long as a supplier does not discriminate among customers: (1) If the person placing the order is unwilling or unable to meet regularly established terms of sale or payment;…

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U.S. Department of Energy Contract Example:

DE-AC05-02OR22717 of October 31, 2000. Page 289 of 322, (Clause) I.131 952.251-70 CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE TRAVEL DISCOUNTS (DEC 2000). (a) The contractor shall take advantage of travel discounts offered to Federal contractor employee travelers by AMTRAK,… (c) Discount rail service. AMTRAK voluntarily offers discounts to Federal travelers on official business and sometimes extends those discounts to Federal contractor employees. …(e) …The Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) of the Department of Defense negotiates rate agreements…
Note: The MTMC has been superceeded by the DOD’s U.S. Army’s Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC). Reference Link: http://www.sddc.army.mil/ Public/Home.

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U.S. Army - Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC).

Standards for passenger rail service must comply with the SDDC Military Rail Agreement (MRA). The currently approved carrier is AMTRAK. Chapter 105, Rail Transportation, of the Defense Transportation Regulation, Part 1, Passenger Movements, provides information on rail movements in accordance with DOD regulations. AMTRAK provides rail transportation to military members and DOD civilian employees as determined by the Transportation Officer (reference JFTR U3135, JTR C2203).
Organization - Passenger Programs Branch
Customer Service - The only approved defense rail carrier is AMTRAK.

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MILITARY RAIL AGREEMENT (MRA). Entered Into By The Military Traffic Management Command On Behalf Of The Department Of Defense And Amtrak, December 1, 1991.

See Page 11 of 13, Paragraph 2: X-'~ Supervisory Responsibility - AMTRAK personnel will supervise and load baggage and military impedimenta in either baggage cars or in appropriate space in passenger cars. AMTRAK personnel will ensure that loading will not endanger the safety of passenger, cause damage to baggage or military impedimenta, or to AMTRAK equipment.

Note: Definition - Impedimenta Im*ped`i*men"ta\, n. pl. [L. See Impediment, Impede.] Things which impede or hinder progress; incumbrances; baggage; specif. (Mil.), the supply trains which must accompany an army. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.