Assess whether cost history can support a fair-and-reasonable call (4246d4)

SITUATION In a program office facing a diminishing-manufacturing source, a BPA used for what looks like a major end item put technical-data-package completeness checklist in play. Hill AF logistics data reviewer should decide whether cost history can support a fair-and-reasonable call without filling gaps technical-data-package completeness checklist does not contain.

DECISION Hill AF logistics data reviewer in a program office facing a diminishing-manufacturing source must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using technical-data-package completeness checklist after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Hill AF logistics data reviewer can defend Fund and move materiel from technical-data-package completeness checklist after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item in a Defense Sustainment challenge. 2. Hill AF logistics data reviewer cannot defend Fund and move materiel from technical-data-package completeness checklist; Cannibalize or substitute is what the extract actually supports after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item. 3. A BPA used for what looks like a major end item never reached the population in technical-data-package completeness checklist — reopen intake, do not close cost history can support. 4. Two facts in technical-data-package completeness checklist after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item conflict for Hill AF logistics data reviewer; hold this Depot Procurement Intelligence file.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in technical-data-package completeness checklist. 2. Quantify mission impact if cost history can support is deferred one cycle in a program office facing a diminishing-manufacturing source. 3. Reconcile depot demand in technical-data-package completeness checklist to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read technical-data-package completeness checklist against a BPA used for what looks like a major end item and write the one fact that would move cost history can support for Hill AF logistics data reviewer.

RECOMMENDATION Choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold on this Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence packet (technical-data-package completeness checklist after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item). Lead with the Defense Sustainment option technical-data-package completeness checklist can support after a BPA used for what looks like a major end item, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for Hill AF logistics data reviewer in a program office facing a diminishing-manufacturing source.