Assess whether unpriced actions should be stopped (c84860)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION After a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x, BOM that still lists a cancelled spec is what repair-vs-buy decision support lead can touch in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources. Defense Sustainment will live with Fund and move materiel versus Cannibalize or substitute on this 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 BOM that still lists a cancelled spec after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize Fund and move materiel now; BOM that still lists a cancelled spec already has the discriminator after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x. 2. Keep Cannibalize or substitute in force until BOM that still lists a cancelled spec is completed after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x for repair-vs-buy decision support lead. 3. Treat BOM that still lists a cancelled spec as Defer a cycle because both readings appear after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x. 4. Refuse a Defense Sustainment close: repair-vs-buy decision support lead does not have the decision unpriced actions should be stopped turns on in BOM that still lists a cancelled spec.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Compare on-hand, due-in, and condemned quantities in BOM that still lists a cancelled spec. 2. Quantify mission impact if unpriced actions should be stopped is deferred one cycle in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources. 3. Reconcile depot demand in BOM that still lists a cancelled spec to fleet readiness and NSN coverage after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read BOM that still lists a cancelled spec against a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x and write the one fact that would move unpriced actions should be stopped 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 (BOM that still lists a cancelled spec after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x). The follow-on Depot Procurement Intelligence action is what repair-vs-buy decision support lead does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.
COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Defense Sustainment option on unpriced actions should be stopped, then the evidence in BOM that still lists a cancelled spec, then the action for repair-vs-buy decision support lead - Hypothesis scorecard against BOM that still lists a cancelled spec: supported / rejected / untestable - Depot Procurement Intelligence finding in BOM that still lists a cancelled spec that a second reviewer can re-perform - Missing page in BOM that still lists a cancelled spec after a repair cost that exceeds replacement by 3x, if any
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