Assess whether cost history can support a fair-and-reasonable call (0b0cc3)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION A contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data cannot treat a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract as incidental context on scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN. DLA item manager's data counterpart must close cost history can support from that extract under Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence.
DECISION DLA item manager's data counterpart in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN reads as Fund and move materiel once a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract is lined up to the same Defense Sustainment population. 2. Scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN is closer to Cannibalize or substitute after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract; Fund and move materiel would over-claim this Depot Procurement Intelligence extract. 3. Defer a cycle is still live in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN for DLA item manager's data counterpart in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data. 4. Scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN is missing the fact DLA item manager's data counterpart needs after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract; stop this Defense Sustainment close.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN. 2. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 3. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN against a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract and write the one fact that would move cost history can support for DLA item manager's data counterpart.
RECOMMENDATION Choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract). Lead with the Defense Sustainment option scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN can support after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for DLA item manager's data counterpart in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data.
COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on cost history can support, then the evidence in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN, then the action for DLA item manager's data counterpart - Hypothesis scorecard against scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN: supported / rejected / untestable - Owner and next date for DLA item manager's data counterpart in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data - What changes cost history can support if a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract is later withdrawn
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