Assess whether unpriced actions should be stopped after a sole-source claim

SITUATION Repair-vs-buy decision support lead in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources has one working extract — technical-data-package completeness checklist — after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support. If technical-data-package completeness checklist cannot support unpriced actions should be stopped, the only defensible Defense Sustainment output is hold.

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 technical-data-package completeness checklist after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. A sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support is noise around an already-controlled Depot Procurement Intelligence process in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources, given technical-data-package completeness checklist. 2. A sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support is the event in technical-data-package completeness checklist that forces Fund and move materiel for repair-vs-buy decision support lead under Defense Sustainment. 3. Technical-data-package completeness checklist shows a one-file miss after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support, not a Depot Procurement Intelligence program failure. 4. Technical-data-package completeness checklist cannot decide unpriced actions should be stopped yet after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support; hold is the only Defense Sustainment close an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources can defend.

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 technical-data-package completeness checklist. 3. Quantify mission impact if unpriced actions should be stopped is deferred one cycle in an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources. 4. For this Defense Sustainment Depot Procurement Intelligence file, read technical-data-package completeness checklist against a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support 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 (technical-data-package completeness checklist after a sole-source claim the CAGE file does not support). If technical-data-package completeness checklist cannot force a Defense Sustainment label under Depot Procurement Intelligence, stop. Do not invent missing evidence an engineering support activity reviewing alternate sources does not have.