Assess whether a cancelled spec is still being bought as if current (7f48fc)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION In a sustainment cell after a failed repair turnaround, alternate-source qualification packet is the evidence after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x. Vendor-base mapper has to pick Fund and move materiel or Cannibalize or substitute for this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence close using alternate-source qualification packet.
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 alternate-source qualification packet after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize Fund and move materiel now; alternate-source qualification packet already has the discriminator after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x. 2. Keep Cannibalize or substitute in force until alternate-source qualification packet is completed after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x for vendor-base mapper. 3. Treat alternate-source qualification packet as Defer a cycle because both readings appear after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x. 4. Refuse a Defense Sustainment close: vendor-base mapper does not have the decision a cancelled spec is turns on in alternate-source qualification packet.
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 alternate-source qualification packet. 3. Quantify mission impact if a cancelled spec is is deferred one cycle in a sustainment cell after a failed repair turnaround. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read alternate-source qualification packet against a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x and write the one fact that would move a cancelled spec 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 (alternate-source qualification packet after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x). 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 a cancelled spec is, then the evidence in alternate-source qualification packet, then the action for vendor-base mapper - Hypothesis scorecard against alternate-source qualification packet: supported / rejected / untestable - Depot Procurement Intelligence finding in alternate-source qualification packet that a second reviewer can re-perform - Missing page in alternate-source qualification packet after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x, if any
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