Assess whether TDP is complete enough to compete the work after a OEM
August 31, 2026
SITUATION An engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources has lead-time outlier report in hand following a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock. Repair-vs-buy decision support lead must determine whether TDP is complete enough to compete the work for this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file.
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 lead-time outlier report after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Repair-vs-buy decision support lead can defend Fund and move materiel from lead-time outlier report after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock in a Defense Sustainment challenge. 2. Repair-vs-buy decision support lead cannot defend Fund and move materiel from lead-time outlier report; Cannibalize or substitute is what the extract actually supports after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock. 3. A OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock never reached the population in lead-time outlier report — reopen intake, do not close TDP is complete enough. 4. Two facts in lead-time outlier report after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock conflict for repair-vs-buy decision support lead; hold this Depot Procurement Intelligence file.
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 lead-time outlier report. 3. Quantify mission impact if TDP is complete enough is deferred one cycle in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read lead-time outlier report against a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock and write the one fact that would move TDP is complete enough 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 (lead-time outlier report after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock). The follow-on Depot Procurement Intelligence action is what repair-vs-buy decision support lead 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 lead-time outlier report, then the action for repair-vs-buy decision support lead - Hypothesis scorecard against lead-time outlier report: supported / rejected / untestable - Missing page in lead-time outlier report after a OEM end-of-life notice with 90 days of stock, if any - Regulatory or exam hook Depot Procurement Intelligence would cite
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