Assess whether the contract vehicle is being used as intended (17266e)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION A repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x put scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN in front of NSN research lead in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA. This Defense Sustainment / Depot Procurement Intelligence decision is the contract vehicle 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 NSN research lead in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. The population in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN is the one a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x named, so Fund and move materiel follows for this Depot Procurement Intelligence file. 2. The population in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN is adjacent only to a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x; Cannibalize or substitute is the honest Defense Sustainment call. 3. A depot whose parts master does not match DLA already contained a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x before scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN arrived; no new Depot Procurement Intelligence path. 4. Provenance on scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x is broken; do not pick Fund and move materiel or Cannibalize or substitute yet.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Quantify mission impact if the contract vehicle is is deferred one cycle in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA. 2. Reconcile depot demand in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x. 3. Trace the funding or cannibalization line that would actually move 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 a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x and write the one fact that would move the contract vehicle is for NSN research lead.
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 a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x). The follow-on Depot Procurement Intelligence action is what NSN research lead does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.
COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on the contract vehicle is, then the evidence in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN, then the action for NSN research lead - Hypothesis scorecard against scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN: supported / rejected / untestable - Missing page in scrap-and-condemnation spike on one NSN after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x, if any - Regulatory or exam hook Depot Procurement Intelligence would cite
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