Assess whether to repair organically, buy, or qualify an alternate (28c7dd)

SITUATION An engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources cannot treat a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x as incidental context on alternate-source qualification packet. Repair-vs-buy decision support lead must close to repair organically, buy, from that extract under Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence.

DECISION Repair-vs-buy decision support lead in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources must choose To repair organically, buy, / Qualify an alternate using alternate-source qualification packet after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize To repair organically, buy, now; alternate-source qualification packet already has the discriminator after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x. 2. Keep Qualify an alternate in force until alternate-source qualification packet is completed after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x for repair-vs-buy decision support lead. 3. Treat alternate-source qualification packet as To repair organically, buy, because both readings appear after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x. 4. Refuse a Defense Sustainment close: repair-vs-buy decision support lead does not have the decision to repair organically, buy, turns on in alternate-source qualification packet.

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 to repair organically, buy, is deferred one cycle in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read alternate-source qualification packet against a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x and write the one fact that would move to repair organically, buy, for repair-vs-buy decision support lead.

RECOMMENDATION Choose To repair organically, buy, / Qualify an alternate on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (alternate-source qualification packet after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x). If alternate-source qualification packet cannot force a Defense Sustainment label under Depot Procurement Intelligence, stop. Do not invent missing evidence an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources does not have.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on to repair organically, buy,, then the evidence in alternate-source qualification packet, then the action for repair-vs-buy decision support lead - Hypothesis scorecard against alternate-source qualification packet: supported / rejected / untestable - Depot Procurement Intelligence finding in alternate-source qualification packet that a second reviewer can re-perform - Missing page in alternate-source qualification packet after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x, if any