Assess whether unpriced actions should be stopped after a TDP that is marked
August 31, 2026
SITUATION A TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract put alternate-source qualification packet in front of NSN research lead in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA. This Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence close is unpriced actions should be stopped from alternate-source qualification packet, and the live options are Fund and move materiel, Cannibalize or substitute, Defer a cycle.
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 TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. The population in alternate-source qualification packet is the one a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract 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 TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract; Cannibalize or substitute is the honest Defense Sustainment call. 3. A depot whose parts master does not match DLA already contained a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract before alternate-source qualification packet arrived; no new Depot Procurement Intelligence path. 4. Provenance on alternate-source qualification packet after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract is broken; do not pick Fund and move materiel or Cannibalize or substitute yet.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in alternate-source qualification packet. 2. Quantify mission impact if unpriced actions should be stopped is deferred one cycle in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA. 3. Reconcile depot demand in alternate-source qualification packet to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read alternate-source qualification packet against a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract and write the one fact that would move unpriced actions should be stopped 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 (alternate-source qualification packet after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract). The follow-on Depot Procurement Intelligence action is what NSN research lead does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.
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 - What changes unpriced actions should be stopped if a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract is later withdrawn - Named option among Fund and move materiel, Cannibalize or substitute, Defer a cycle and the fact that kills the others
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