Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified (4ad729)

SITUATION A OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock raised whether an alternate source is technically qualified for repair-vs-buy decision support lead at an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources. DMSMS alert vs. current stock position is incomplete relative to that question, so Hold remains live until the file is complete.

DECISION Repair-vs-buy decision support lead in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using DMSMS alert vs. current stock position after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Repair-vs-buy decision support lead can defend Fund and move materiel from DMSMS alert vs. current stock position after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock in a Defense Sustainment challenge. 2. Repair-vs-buy decision support lead cannot defend Fund and move materiel from DMSMS alert vs. current stock position; Cannibalize or substitute is what the extract actually supports after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock. 3. A OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock never reached the population in DMSMS alert vs. current stock position — reopen intake, do not close an alternate source is. 4. Two facts in DMSMS alert vs. current stock position after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock conflict for repair-vs-buy decision support lead; hold this Depot Procurement Intelligence file.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Quantify mission impact if an alternate source is is deferred one cycle in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources. 2. Reconcile depot demand in DMSMS alert vs. current stock position to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock. 3. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move DMSMS alert vs. current stock position. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read DMSMS alert vs. current stock position against a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock and write the one fact that would move an alternate source is for repair-vs-buy decision support lead.

RECOMMENDATION Choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (DMSMS alert vs. current stock position after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock). Lead with the Defense Sustainment option DMSMS alert vs. current stock position can support after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for repair-vs-buy decision support lead in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources.