Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified (a73a19)

SITUATION Technical-data-package completeness checklist 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 technical-data-package completeness checklist after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. The population in technical-data-package completeness checklist is the one a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support named, so Fund and move materiel follows for this Depot Procurement Intelligence file. 2. The population in technical-data-package completeness checklist is adjacent only to a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support; Cannibalize or substitute is the honest Defense Sustainment call. 3. A sustainment cell after a failed repair turnaround already contained a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support before technical-data-package completeness checklist arrived; no new Depot Procurement Intelligence path. 4. Provenance on technical-data-package completeness checklist after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support is broken; do not pick Fund and move materiel or Cannibalize or substitute yet.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Reconcile depot demand in technical-data-package completeness checklist 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 technical-data-package completeness checklist. 3. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read technical-data-package completeness checklist 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 (technical-data-package completeness checklist after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support). The follow-on Depot Procurement Intelligence action is what vendor-base mapper 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 vendor-base mapper - Hypothesis scorecard against technical-data-package completeness checklist: supported / rejected / untestable - Depot Procurement Intelligence finding in technical-data-package completeness checklist that a second reviewer can re-perform - Missing page in technical-data-package completeness checklist after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support, if any