Assess whether unpriced actions should be stopped from alternate-source

SITUATION Alternate-source qualification packet arrived with a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support for NSN research lead. That is a Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence decision on unpriced actions should be stopped in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA.

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 alternate-source qualification packet 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 alternate-source qualification packet 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 alternate-source qualification packet; 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 alternate-source qualification packet — reopen intake, do not close unpriced actions should be stopped. 4. Two facts in alternate-source qualification packet 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 alternate-source qualification packet. 2. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 3. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in alternate-source qualification packet. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read alternate-source qualification packet against a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support and write the one fact that would move unpriced actions should be stopped for NSN research lead.

RECOMMENDATION The actionable close on alternate-source qualification packet is Fund and move materiel if a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support left a complete Depot Procurement Intelligence trail; otherwise Cannibalize or substitute. NSN research lead should cite the specific line in alternate-source qualification packet that settles unpriced actions should be stopped before anyone else acts in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on unpriced actions should be stopped, then the evidence in alternate-source qualification packet, then the action for NSN research 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 sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support, if any