Assess whether a cancelled spec is still being bought as if current (c498df)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION The working file is alternate-source qualification packet after UCAs older than the local policy cap. Repair-vs-buy decision support lead in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources has to name Fund and move materiel or Cannibalize or substitute for this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file.
DECISION Repair-vs-buy decision support lead in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using alternate-source qualification packet after UCAs older than the local policy cap.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. The population in alternate-source qualification packet is the one UCAs older than the local policy cap 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 UCAs older than the local policy cap; Cannibalize or substitute is the honest Defense Sustainment call. 3. An engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources already contained UCAs older than the local policy cap before alternate-source qualification packet arrived; no new Depot Procurement Intelligence path. 4. Provenance on alternate-source qualification packet after UCAs older than the local policy cap is broken; do not pick Fund and move materiel or Cannibalize or substitute yet.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Reconcile depot demand in alternate-source qualification packet to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after UCAs older than the local policy cap. 2. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move alternate-source qualification packet. 3. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read alternate-source qualification packet against UCAs older than the local policy cap and write the one fact that would move a cancelled spec is for repair-vs-buy decision support 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 UCAs older than the local policy cap). Lead with the Defense Sustainment option alternate-source qualification packet can support after UCAs older than the local policy cap, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for repair-vs-buy decision support lead in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources.
COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on a cancelled spec is, then the evidence in alternate-source qualification packet, then the action for repair-vs-buy decision support lead - Hypothesis scorecard against alternate-source qualification packet: supported / rejected / untestable - Owner and next date for repair-vs-buy decision support lead in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources - What changes a cancelled spec is if UCAs older than the local policy cap is later withdrawn
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