Assess whether a cancelled spec is still being bought as if current (d91e48)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION UCAs older than the local policy cap put scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN in front of DLA item manager's data counterpart in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data. This Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence decision is a cancelled spec is from scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN, and the live options are Fund and move materiel, Cannibalize or substitute, Defer a cycle.
DECISION DLA item manager's data counterpart in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN after UCAs older than the local policy cap.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize Fund and move materiel now; scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN already has the discriminator after UCAs older than the local policy cap. 2. Keep Cannibalize or substitute in force until scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN is completed after UCAs older than the local policy cap for DLA item manager's data counterpart. 3. Treat scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN as Defer a cycle because both readings appear after UCAs older than the local policy cap. 4. Refuse a Defense Sustainment close: DLA item manager's data counterpart does not have the decision a cancelled spec is turns on in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN. 2. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 3. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN against UCAs older than the local policy cap and write the one fact that would move a cancelled spec is for DLA item manager's data counterpart.
RECOMMENDATION Choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN after UCAs older than the local policy cap). The follow-on Depot Procurement Intelligence action is what DLA item manager's data counterpart does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.
COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on a cancelled spec is, then the evidence in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN, then the action for DLA item manager's data counterpart - Hypothesis scorecard against scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN: supported / rejected / untestable - Depot Procurement Intelligence finding in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN that a second reviewer can re-perform - Missing page in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN after UCAs older than the local policy cap, if any
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