Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified after a BPA used

SITUATION Depot Procurement Intelligence work in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN now turns on an alternate source is because a BPA used for what looks like a major end item put technical-data-package completeness checklist in play. Depot procurement-intelligence analyst should say what technical-data-package completeness checklist proves.

DECISION Depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using technical-data-package completeness checklist after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Technical-data-package completeness checklist reads as Fund and move materiel once a BPA used for what looks like a major end item is lined up to the same Defense Sustainment population. 2. Technical-data-package completeness checklist is closer to Cannibalize or substitute after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item; Fund and move materiel would over-claim this Depot Procurement Intelligence extract. 3. Defer a cycle is still live in technical-data-package completeness checklist for depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN. 4. Technical-data-package completeness checklist is missing the fact depot procurement-intelligence analyst needs after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item; stop this Defense Sustainment close.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 2. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in technical-data-package completeness checklist. 3. Quantify mission impact if an alternate source is is deferred one cycle in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read technical-data-package completeness checklist against a BPA used for what looks like a major end item and write the one fact that would move an alternate source is for depot procurement-intelligence analyst.

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 BPA used for what looks like a major end item). The follow-on Depot Procurement Intelligence action is what depot procurement-intelligence analyst 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 depot procurement-intelligence analyst - Hypothesis scorecard against technical-data-package completeness checklist: supported / rejected / untestable - Named option among Fund and move materiel, Cannibalize or substitute, Defer a cycle and the fact that kills the others - Owner and next date for depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN