Assess whether TDP is complete enough to compete the work (a6d444)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION A new source that has never made this form-fit-function put alternate-source qualification packet in front of depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN. This Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence close is TDP is complete enough from alternate-source qualification packet, and the live options are Fund and move materiel, Cannibalize or substitute, Defer a cycle.
DECISION Depot procurement-intelligence analyst in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using alternate-source qualification packet after a new source that has never made this form-fit-function.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. The population in alternate-source qualification packet is the one a new source that has never made this form-fit-function named, so Fund and move materiel follows for this Depot Procurement Intelligence file. 2. The population in alternate-source qualification packet is adjacent only to a new source that has never made this form-fit-function; Cannibalize or substitute is the honest Defense Sustainment call. 3. An ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN already contained a new source that has never made this form-fit-function before alternate-source qualification packet arrived; no new Depot Procurement Intelligence path. 4. Provenance on alternate-source qualification packet after a new source that has never made this form-fit-function is broken; do not pick Fund and move materiel or Cannibalize or substitute yet.
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 TDP is complete enough is deferred one cycle in an ALC working a shortage on a high-demand NSN. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read alternate-source qualification packet against a new source that has never made this form-fit-function and write the one fact that would move TDP is complete enough for depot procurement-intelligence analyst.
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 new source that has never made this form-fit-function). The follow-on Depot Procurement Intelligence action is what depot procurement-intelligence analyst does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.
COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on TDP is complete enough, then the evidence in alternate-source qualification packet, then the action for depot procurement-intelligence analyst - Hypothesis scorecard against alternate-source qualification packet: supported / rejected / untestable - Missing page in alternate-source qualification packet after a new source that has never made this form-fit-function, if any - Regulatory or exam hook Depot Procurement Intelligence would cite
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