Assess whether an alternate source is technically qualified (ea7495)

SITUATION After a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract, technical-data-package completeness checklist is what DLA item manager's data counterpart can touch in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data. Defense Sustainment will live with Fund and move materiel versus Cannibalize or substitute on this Depot Procurement Intelligence file.

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 technical-data-package completeness checklist after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Technical-data-package completeness checklist reads as Fund and move materiel once a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract is lined up to the same Defense Sustainment population. 2. Technical-data-package completeness checklist is closer to Cannibalize or substitute after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract; Fund and move materiel would over-claim this Depot Procurement Intelligence extract. 3. Defer a cycle is still live in technical-data-package completeness checklist for DLA item manager's data counterpart in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data. 4. Technical-data-package completeness checklist is missing the fact DLA item manager's data counterpart needs after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract; stop this Defense Sustainment close.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move technical-data-package completeness checklist. 2. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 3. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in technical-data-package completeness checklist. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read technical-data-package completeness checklist against a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract 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 (technical-data-package completeness checklist after a TDP that is marked incomplete but still on contract). 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 technical-data-package completeness checklist, then the action for DLA item manager's data counterpart - Hypothesis scorecard against technical-data-package completeness checklist: supported / rejected / untestable - Named option among Fund and move materiel, Cannibalize or substitute, Defer a cycle and the fact that kills the others - Owner and next date for DLA item manager's data counterpart in a contracting shop mapping vendors from file-first data