Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified (2d658f)

SITUATION DLA item manager's data counterpart in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data has one working extract — depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers — after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master. If depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers cannot support an alternate source is, the only defensible Defense Sustainment output is hold.

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 depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize Fund and move materiel now; depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers already has the discriminator after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master. 2. Keep Cannibalize or substitute in force until depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers is completed after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master for DLA item manager's data counterpart. 3. Treat depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers as Defer a cycle because both readings appear after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master. 4. Refuse a Defense Sustainment close: DLA item manager's data counterpart does not have the decision an alternate source is turns on in depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers. 2. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 3. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers against buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master and write the one fact that would move an alternate source 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 (depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers after buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master). 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 an alternate source is, then the evidence in depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers, then the action for DLA item manager's data counterpart - Hypothesis scorecard against depot transaction file with duplicate document numbers: supported / rejected / untestable - Owner and next date for DLA item manager's data counterpart in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data - What changes an alternate source is if buys against a cancelled spec still in the parts master is later withdrawn