Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified after a OEM

SITUATION After a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock, unpriced contractual action aging list is what DLA item manager's data counterpart can touch in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data. Defense Sustainment will live with Fund and move materiel versus Cannibalize or substitute on this Depot Procurement Intelligence file.

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 unpriced contractual action aging list after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. A OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock is noise around an already-controlled Depot Procurement Intelligence process in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data, given unpriced contractual action aging list. 2. A OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock is the event in unpriced contractual action aging list that forces Fund and move materiel for DLA item manager's data counterpart under Defense Sustainment. 3. Unpriced contractual action aging list shows a one-file miss after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock, not a Depot Procurement Intelligence program failure. 4. Unpriced contractual action aging list cannot decide an alternate source is yet after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock; hold is the only Defense Sustainment close a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data can defend.

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 unpriced contractual action aging list. 3. Quantify mission impact if an alternate source is is deferred one cycle in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read unpriced contractual action aging list against a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock 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 (unpriced contractual action aging list after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock). If unpriced contractual action aging list 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 unpriced contractual action aging list, then the action for DLA item manager's data counterpart - Hypothesis scorecard against unpriced contractual action aging list: 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 DLA item manager's data counterpart in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data