Assess whether the SBIR data-rights assertions are too aggressive (a6a329)

SITUATION Price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate arrived with a government estimate that is 30% below your floor for IDIQ task-order strategist. That is a Government RFP Capture and Pricing decision on the SBIR data-rights assertions in a new prime parsing a 400-page Section L/M.

DECISION IDIQ task-order strategist in a new prime parsing a 400-page Section L/M must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize Pursue now; price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate already has the discriminator after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor. 2. Keep Pursue with conditions in force until price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate is completed after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor for IDIQ task-order strategist. 3. Treat price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate as Partner because both readings appear after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor. 4. Refuse a Government RFP close: IDIQ task-order strategist does not have the decision the SBIR data-rights assertions turns on in price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Map Section L/M requirements in price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate to evaluator notes after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor. 2. Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate attaches. 3. Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs the SBIR data-rights assertions. 4. For this Government RFP Capture and Pricing file, read price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate against a government estimate that is 30% below your floor and write the one fact that would move the SBIR data-rights assertions for IDIQ task-order strategist.

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 a government estimate that is 30% below your floor). If price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate cannot force a Government RFP label under Capture and Pricing, stop. If price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor cannot support Pursue versus Pursue with conditions on this Government RFP Capture and Pricing close, IDIQ task-order strategist must identify the Section L/M or evaluation criterion that remains unproven rather than filling the gap.