Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified (47106a)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION Scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN arrived with a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x for DLA item manager's data counterpart. That is a Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence decision on an alternate source is in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data.
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 repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. DLA item manager's data counterpart can defend Fund and move materiel from scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x in a Defense Sustainment challenge. 2. DLA item manager's data counterpart cannot defend Fund and move materiel from scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN; Cannibalize or substitute is what the extract actually supports after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x. 3. A repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x never reached the population in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN — reopen intake, do not close an alternate source is. 4. Two facts in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x conflict for DLA item manager's data counterpart; hold this Depot Procurement Intelligence file.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Quantify mission impact if an alternate source is is deferred one cycle in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data. 2. Reconcile depot demand in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x. 3. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move 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 repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x and write the one fact that would move an alternate source is 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 repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x). If scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN cannot force a Defense Sustainment label under Depot Procurement Intelligence, stop. Do not invent missing evidence a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data does not have.
COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on an alternate source is, 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 an alternate source is if a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x is later withdrawn
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