Assess whether cost history can support a fair-and-reasonable call (b861d5)

SITUATION After a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support, DMSMS alert vs. current stock position 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 DMSMS alert vs. current stock position after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. NSN research lead can defend Fund and move materiel from DMSMS alert vs. current stock position after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support in a Defense Sustainment challenge. 2. NSN research lead cannot defend Fund and move materiel from DMSMS alert vs. current stock position; Cannibalize or substitute is what the extract actually supports after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support. 3. A sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support never reached the population in DMSMS alert vs. current stock position — reopen intake, do not close cost history can support. 4. Two facts in DMSMS alert vs. current stock position after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support conflict for NSN research lead; hold this Depot Procurement Intelligence file.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move DMSMS alert vs. current stock position. 2. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 3. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in DMSMS alert vs. current stock position. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read DMSMS alert vs. current stock position 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 (DMSMS alert vs. current stock position after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support). Lead with the Defense Sustainment option DMSMS alert vs. current stock position can support after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for NSN research lead in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on cost history can support, then the evidence in DMSMS alert vs. current stock position, then the action for NSN research lead - Hypothesis scorecard against DMSMS alert vs. current stock position: supported / rejected / untestable - Owner and next date for NSN research lead in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA - What changes cost history can support if a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support is later withdrawn