Assess whether a DMSMS hit is already a stock-out risk (3aa8b5)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION Alternate-source qualification packet arrived with a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support for vendor-base mapper. That is a Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence decision on a DMSMS hit is in a sustainment cell after a failed repair turnaround.
DECISION Vendor-base mapper in a sustainment cell after a failed repair turnaround must choose Fund and move materiel / Cannibalize or substitute / Defer a cycle / Hold using alternate-source qualification packet after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize Fund and move materiel now; alternate-source qualification packet already has the discriminator after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support. 2. Keep Cannibalize or substitute in force until alternate-source qualification packet is completed after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support for vendor-base mapper. 3. Treat alternate-source qualification packet as Defer a cycle because both readings appear after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support. 4. Refuse a Defense Sustainment close: vendor-base mapper does not have the decision a DMSMS hit is turns on in alternate-source qualification packet.
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 alternate-source qualification packet. 3. Quantify mission impact if a DMSMS hit is is deferred one cycle in a sustainment cell after a failed repair turnaround. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read alternate-source qualification packet against a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support and write the one fact that would move a DMSMS hit is for vendor-base mapper.
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 a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support). Lead with the Defense Sustainment option alternate-source qualification packet can support after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for vendor-base mapper in a sustainment cell after a failed repair turnaround.
COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on a DMSMS hit is, then the evidence in alternate-source qualification packet, then the action for vendor-base mapper - Hypothesis scorecard against alternate-source qualification packet: supported / rejected / untestable - Regulatory or exam hook Depot Procurement Intelligence would cite - Depot Procurement Intelligence finding in alternate-source qualification packet that a second reviewer can re-perform
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