Assess whether cost history can support a fair-and-reasonable call (b924cf)

SITUATION After a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support, depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers is what NSN research lead can touch in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA. Defense Sustainment will live with Fund and move materiel versus Cannibalize or substitute on this Depot Procurement Intelligence file.

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 depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize Fund and move materiel now; depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers already has the discriminator after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support. 2. Keep Cannibalize or substitute in force until depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers is completed after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support for NSN research lead. 3. Treat depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers as Defer a cycle because both readings appear after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support. 4. Refuse a Defense Sustainment close: NSN research lead does not have the decision cost history can support turns on in depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers. 2. Quantify mission impact if cost history can support is deferred one cycle in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA. 3. Reconcile depot demand in depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers against a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support and write the one fact that would move cost history can support 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 (depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support). The follow-on Depot Procurement Intelligence action is what NSN research lead does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on cost history can support, then the evidence in depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers, then the action for NSN research lead - Hypothesis scorecard against depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers: supported / rejected / untestable - Regulatory or exam hook Depot Procurement Intelligence would cite - Depot Procurement Intelligence finding in depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers that a second reviewer can re-perform