Assess whether a protest is rational after debrief (804b3b)

Situation

An incumbent protest rumor on the street put price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate in front of contracts officer supporting a bid in an incumbent defending a recompete with thin past performance. This Government RFP / Capture and Pricing close is a protest is rational from price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate, and the live options are Pursue, Pursue with conditions, Partner.

Decision

Contracts officer supporting a bid in an incumbent defending a recompete with thin past performance must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate after an incumbent protest rumor on the street.

Hypotheses to test

• Authorize Pursue now; price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate already has the discriminator after an incumbent protest rumor on the street.
• Keep Pursue with conditions in force until price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate is completed after an incumbent protest rumor on the street for contracts officer supporting a bid.
• Treat price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate as Partner because both readings appear after an incumbent protest rumor on the street.
• Refuse a Government RFP close: contracts officer supporting a bid does not have the page a protest is rational turns on in price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate.

Analysis required

• Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate attaches.
• Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs a protest is rational.
• Score competitive posture if contracts officer supporting a bid pursues, partners, or no-bids.
• For this Government RFP Capture and Pricing file, read price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate against an incumbent protest rumor on the street and write the one fact that would move a protest is rational for contracts officer supporting a bid.

Recommendation

Choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid on this Government RFP / Capture and Pricing packet (price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate after an incumbent protest rumor on the street). The follow-on Capture and Pricing action is what contracts officer supporting a bid does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.