Assess whether cost history can support a fair-and-reasonable call (ede19f)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION Depot Procurement Intelligence work in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data now turns on cost history can support because a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract put BOM that still lists a cancelled spec in play. DLA item manager's data counterpart should say what BOM that still lists a cancelled spec proves.
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 BOM that still lists a cancelled spec after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize Fund and move materiel now; BOM that still lists a cancelled spec already has the discriminator after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract. 2. Keep Cannibalize or substitute in force until BOM that still lists a cancelled spec is completed after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract for DLA item manager's data counterpart. 3. Treat BOM that still lists a cancelled spec as Defer a cycle because both readings appear after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract. 4. Refuse a Defense Sustainment close: DLA item manager's data counterpart does not have the decision cost history can support turns on in BOM that still lists a cancelled spec.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Reconcile depot demand in BOM that still lists a cancelled spec to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract. 2. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move BOM that still lists a cancelled spec. 3. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read BOM that still lists a cancelled spec against a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract and write the one fact that would move cost history can support for DLA item manager's data counterpart.
RECOMMENDATION On this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence decision, bind Fund and move materiel to BOM that still lists a cancelled spec after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract: if BOM that still lists a cancelled spec supports it, DLA item manager's data counterpart executes Fund and move materiel in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data and logs the owner. If BOM that still lists a cancelled spec instead fits Cannibalize or substitute, take that path. Where BOM that still lists a cancelled spec after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract is silent, DLA item manager's data counterpart must do not move materiel or funding on a count the depot file cannot reconstruct.
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