Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified (286647)

SITUATION Depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers arrived with a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support for vendor-base mapper. That is a Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence decision on an alternate source is in a sustainment cell after a failed repair turnaround.

DECISION Vendor-base mapper in a sustainment cell after a failed repair turnaround must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize Fund and move materiel now; depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers already has the discriminator after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support. 2. Keep Cannibalize or substitute in force until depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers is completed after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support for vendor-base mapper. 3. Treat depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers as Defer a cycle because both readings appear after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support. 4. Refuse a Defense Sustainment close: vendor-base mapper does not have the decision an alternate source is turns on in depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Reconcile depot demand in depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support. 2. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers. 3. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers against a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support and write the one fact that would move an alternate source is for vendor-base mapper.

RECOMMENDATION Choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support). Lead with the Defense Sustainment option depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers can support after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for vendor-base mapper in a sustainment cell after a failed repair turnaround.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on an alternate source is, then the evidence in depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers, then the action for vendor-base mapper - Hypothesis scorecard against depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers: supported / rejected / untestable - Owner and next date for vendor-base mapper in a sustainment cell after a failed repair turnaround - What changes an alternate source is if a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support is later withdrawn