Defense Priorities and Allocation Systems (DPAS)

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DPAS provides production priorities to contracts that support which of the following:

Department of Energy critical systems

Work scopes related to nuclear energy

Work scopes related to national defense

All non-commercial work scopes

DX rated orders take preference over DO rated orders.

True

False

Who at BEA determines if a work scope meets the definition of "National Defense?"

Program

Contract Specialist

Security

Management

A company may charge a higher price for a DPAS rated order.

True

False

DPAS is administered by:

Department of Defense

Department of Energy

National and Homeland Security

Department of Commerce

The use of DPAS is limited to crises, emergency, or armed conflict.

True

False

To be a valid DPAS order the contract must include which of the following elements?

The DPAS rating in the contract is flowed down to lower-tiers.

True

False

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