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Answer for the clue "The quality of not being unavailable when needed ", 14 letters:
unavailability

Word definitions for unavailability in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Unavailability is the probability that an item will not operate correctly at a given time and under specified conditions. It opposes availability . Numerical values associated with the calculation of availability are often awkward, consisting of a series ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being unavailable

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1855, from un- (2) "opposite of" + availability , or else from unavailable + -ity .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of not being unavailable when needed [syn: inaccessibility ] [ant: handiness , handiness ]

Usage examples of unavailability.

The matches had been halted by an unavailability of suitable pugilists in the Great War, and the old glass roof had been demolished by a stray bomb in the next.

She certainly would have noted Vandros's unavailability because of his longstanding attachment to Felina, and his likely ascension to the dukedom.

She certainly would have noted Vandros’s unavailability because of his longstanding attachment to Felina, and his likely ascension to the dukedom.