Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified (f858d0)

SITUATION A BPA used for what looks like a major end item put unpriced contractual action aging list in front of depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN. This Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence decision is an alternate source is from unpriced contractual action aging list, and the live options are Fund and move materiel, Cannibalize or substitute, Defer a cycle.

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 unpriced contractual action aging list after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize Fund and move materiel now; unpriced contractual action aging list already has the discriminator after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item. 2. Keep Cannibalize or substitute in force until unpriced contractual action aging list is completed after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item for depot procurement-intelligence analyst. 3. Treat unpriced contractual action aging list as Defer a cycle because both readings appear after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item. 4. Refuse a Defense Sustainment close: depot procurement-intelligence analyst does not have the decision an alternate source is turns on in unpriced contractual action aging list.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in unpriced contractual action aging list. 2. Quantify mission impact if an alternate source is is deferred one cycle in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN. 3. Reconcile depot demand in unpriced contractual action aging list to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read unpriced contractual action aging list 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 (unpriced contractual action aging list 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 unpriced contractual action aging list, then the action for depot procurement-intelligence analyst - Hypothesis scorecard against unpriced contractual action aging list: supported / rejected / untestable - Owner and next date for depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN - What changes an alternate source is if a BPA used for what looks like a major end item is later withdrawn