Assess whether cost history can support a fair-and-reasonable call (57b069)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION A live Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data now turns on scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN after UCAs older than the local policy cap. DLA item manager's data counterpart should state what that extract proves for whether cost history can support a fair-and-reasonable call.
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 UCAs older than the local policy cap.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN reads as Fund and move materiel once UCAs older than the local policy cap is lined up to the same Defense Sustainment population. 2. Scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN is closer to Cannibalize or substitute after UCAs older than the local policy cap; 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 UCAs older than the local policy cap; 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 UCAs older than the local policy cap and write the one fact that would move cost history can support for DLA item manager's data counterpart.
RECOMMENDATION A contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data needs a named owner on cost history can support. Assign DLA item manager's data counterpart to execute Fund and move materiel when scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN after UCAs older than the local policy cap is complete, or Cannibalize or substitute when the Depot Procurement Intelligence packet still lacks the discriminator in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN.
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 - Named option among Fund and move materiel, Cannibalize or substitute, Defer a cycle and the fact that kills the others - Owner and next date for DLA item manager's data counterpart in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data
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