Assess whether past performance will score or be deemed not relevant (0ed066)

Situation

Protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors arrived with a 14-day proposal clock after a late amendment for IDIQ task-order strategist. That is a Government RFP Protest and Modifications decision on past performance will score in an 8(a) teaming on a civilian shared-services RFP.

Decision

IDIQ task-order strategist in an 8(a) teaming on a civilian shared-services RFP must choose Past performance will score / Be deemed not relevant using protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors after a 14-day proposal clock after a late amendment.

Hypotheses to test

• A 14-day proposal clock after a late amendment is noise around an already-controlled Protest and Modifications process in an 8(a) teaming on a civilian shared-services RFP, given protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors.
• A 14-day proposal clock after a late amendment is the event in protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors that forces Past performance will score for IDIQ task-order strategist under Government RFP.
• Protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors shows a one-file miss after a 14-day proposal clock after a late amendment, not a Protest and Modifications program failure.
• Protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors cannot decide past performance will score yet after a 14-day proposal clock after a late amendment; hold is the only Government RFP close an 8(a) teaming on a civilian shared-services RFP can defend.

Analysis required

• Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors attaches.
• Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs past performance will score.
• Score competitive posture if IDIQ task-order strategist pursues, partners, or no-bids.
• For this Government RFP Protest and Modifications file, read protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors against a 14-day proposal clock after a late amendment and write the one fact that would move past performance will score for IDIQ task-order strategist.

Recommendation

Choose Past performance will score / Be deemed not relevant on this Government RFP / Protest and Modifications packet (protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors after a 14-day proposal clock after a late amendment). The follow-on Protest and Modifications action is what IDIQ task-order strategist does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.