Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified from unpriced

SITUATION A repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x put unpriced contractual action aging list in front of NSN research lead in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA. 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 NSN research lead in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using unpriced contractual action aging list after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Unpriced contractual action aging list reads as Fund and move materiel once a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x is lined up to the same Defense Sustainment population. 2. Unpriced contractual action aging list is closer to Cannibalize or substitute after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x; Fund and move materiel would over-claim this Depot Procurement Intelligence extract. 3. Defer a cycle is still live in unpriced contractual action aging list for NSN research lead in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA. 4. Unpriced contractual action aging list is missing the fact NSN research lead needs after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x; stop this Defense Sustainment close.

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 a depot whose parts master does not match DLA. 3. Reconcile depot demand in unpriced contractual action aging list to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read unpriced contractual action aging list against a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x and write the one fact that would move an alternate source is for NSN research lead.

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 repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x). If unpriced contractual action aging list cannot force a Defense Sustainment label under Depot Procurement Intelligence, stop. Do not invent missing evidence a depot whose parts master does not match DLA 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 NSN research lead - Hypothesis scorecard against unpriced contractual action aging list: supported / rejected / untestable - What changes an alternate source is if a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x is later withdrawn - Named option among Fund and move materiel, Cannibalize or substitute, Defer a cycle and the fact that kills the others