Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified (aa7148)

SITUATION A mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN put technical-data-package completeness checklist in front of sustainment contracting specialist in a logistics IT environment with messy NSN history. This Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence decision is an alternate source is from technical-data-package completeness checklist, and the live options are Fund and move materiel, Cannibalize or substitute, Defer a cycle.

DECISION Sustainment contracting specialist in a logistics IT environment with messy NSN history must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using technical-data-package completeness checklist after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. A mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN is noise around an already-controlled Depot Procurement Intelligence process in a logistics IT environment with messy NSN history, given technical-data-package completeness checklist. 2. A mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN is the event in technical-data-package completeness checklist that forces Fund and move materiel for sustainment contracting specialist under Defense Sustainment. 3. Technical-data-package completeness checklist shows a one-file miss after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN, not a Depot Procurement Intelligence program failure. 4. Technical-data-package completeness checklist cannot decide an alternate source is yet after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN; hold is the only Defense Sustainment close a logistics IT environment with messy NSN history can defend.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move technical-data-package completeness checklist. 2. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 3. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in technical-data-package completeness checklist. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read technical-data-package completeness checklist against a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN and write the one fact that would move an alternate source is for sustainment contracting specialist.

RECOMMENDATION Choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (technical-data-package completeness checklist after a mission-capable rate drop tied to one NSN). The follow-on Depot Procurement Intelligence action is what sustainment contracting specialist does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on an alternate source is, then the evidence in technical-data-package completeness checklist, then the action for sustainment contracting specialist - Hypothesis scorecard against technical-data-package completeness checklist: supported / rejected / untestable - Regulatory or exam hook Depot Procurement Intelligence would cite - Depot Procurement Intelligence finding in technical-data-package completeness checklist that a second reviewer can re-perform