Assess whether past performance will score or be deemed not relevant (5dc263)
August 31, 2026 · SmartSolo
Situation
A modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS put discriminator table that still reads generic in front of contracts officer supporting a bid in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR. This Government RFP / Performance and Teaming close is past performance will score from discriminator table that still reads generic, and the live options are Past performance will score, Be deemed not relevant.
Decision
Contracts officer supporting a bid in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR must choose Past performance will score / Be deemed not relevant using discriminator table that still reads generic after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS.
Hypotheses to test
- A modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS is noise around an already-controlled Performance and Teaming process in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR, given discriminator table that still reads generic.
- A modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS is the event in discriminator table that still reads generic that forces Past performance will score for contracts officer supporting a bid under Government RFP.
- Discriminator table that still reads generic shows a one-file miss after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS, not a Performance and Teaming program failure.
- Discriminator table that still reads generic cannot decide past performance will score yet after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS; hold is the only Government RFP close a lab competing a Phase II SBIR can defend.
Analysis required
- Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what discriminator table that still reads generic attaches.
- Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs past performance will score.
- Score competitive posture if contracts officer supporting a bid pursues, partners, or no-bids.
- For this Government RFP Performance and Teaming file, read discriminator table that still reads generic against a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS and write the one fact that would move past performance will score for contracts officer supporting a bid.
Recommendation
Choose Past performance will score / Be deemed not relevant on this Government RFP / Performance and Teaming packet (discriminator table that still reads generic after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS). Lead with the Government RFP option discriminator table that still reads generic can support after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for contracts officer supporting a bid in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR.
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