Assess whether cost history can support a fair-and-reasonable call (ee318d)

SITUATION NSN research lead received unpriced contractual action aging list after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA. Fund and move materiel or Cannibalize or substitute must follow from that extract if the file can settle whether cost history can support a fair-and-reasonable call.

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 unpriced contractual action aging list after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. NSN research lead can defend Fund and move materiel from unpriced contractual action aging list after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support in a Defense Sustainment challenge. 2. NSN research lead cannot defend Fund and move materiel from unpriced contractual action aging list; Cannibalize or substitute is what the extract actually supports after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support. 3. A sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support never reached the population in unpriced contractual action aging list — reopen intake, do not close cost history can support. 4. Two facts in unpriced contractual action aging list after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support conflict for NSN research lead; hold this Depot Procurement Intelligence file.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Test whether the shortfall is materiel, maintenance posting, or a bad count. 2. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in unpriced contractual action aging list. 3. Quantify mission impact if cost history can support is deferred one cycle in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read unpriced contractual action aging list against a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support and write the one fact that would move cost history can support 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 (unpriced contractual action aging list after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support). 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 cost history can support, then the evidence in unpriced contractual action aging list, then the action for NSN research lead - Hypothesis scorecard against unpriced contractual action aging list: supported / rejected / untestable - Owner and next date for NSN research lead in a depot whose parts master does not match DLA - What changes cost history can support if a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support is later withdrawn