Assess whether the contract vehicle is being used as intended (97b416)

SITUATION In an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources, alternate-source qualification packet is the evidence after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item. Repair-vs-buy decision support lead 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 Repair-vs-buy decision support lead in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using alternate-source qualification packet after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. A BPA used for what looks like a major end item is noise around an already-controlled Depot Procurement Intelligence process in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources, given alternate-source qualification packet. 2. A BPA used for what looks like a major end item is the event in alternate-source qualification packet that forces Fund and move materiel for repair-vs-buy decision support lead under Defense Sustainment. 3. Alternate-source qualification packet shows a one-file miss after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item, not a Depot Procurement Intelligence program failure. 4. Alternate-source qualification packet cannot decide the contract vehicle is yet after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item; hold is the only Defense Sustainment close an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources can defend.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in alternate-source qualification packet. 2. Quantify mission impact if the contract vehicle is is deferred one cycle in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources. 3. Reconcile depot demand in alternate-source qualification packet 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 alternate-source qualification packet against a BPA used for what looks like a major end item and write the one fact that would move the contract vehicle is for repair-vs-buy decision support lead.

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 BPA used for what looks like a major end item). If alternate-source qualification packet cannot force a Defense Sustainment label under Depot Procurement Intelligence, stop. Do not invent missing evidence an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources does not have.