Assess whether Section M scoring math was applied consistently (1441be)

Situation

The desk packet is protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS. Contracts officer supporting a bid in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR has to name Pursue or Pursue with conditions for this Government RFP Performance and Teaming file.

Decision

Contracts officer supporting a bid in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors 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 protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors.
• A modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS is the event in protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors that forces Pursue for contracts officer supporting a bid under Government RFP.
• Protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors shows a one-file miss after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS, not a Performance and Teaming program failure.
• Protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors cannot decide Section M scoring math 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

• Test OCI, QASP, and mandatory evaluation rights a lab competing a Phase II SBIR cannot waive quietly.
• Map Section L/M requirements in protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors to evaluator notes after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS.
• Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors attaches.
• For this Government RFP Performance and Teaming file, read protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors against a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS and write the one fact that would move Section M scoring math for contracts officer supporting a bid.

Recommendation

Choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid on this Government RFP / Performance and Teaming packet (protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS). Lead with the Government RFP option protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors 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.