Assess whether past performance will score or be deemed not relevant (4f6d5f)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix arrived with a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS for proposal compliance lead. That is a Government RFP Compliance and Cyber Requirements decision on past performance will score in a company facing a CMMC Level 2 assessment before bid.
DECISION Proposal compliance lead in a company facing a CMMC Level 2 assessment before bid must choose Past performance will score / Be deemed not relevant using SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. The population in SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix is the one a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS named, so Past performance will score follows for this Compliance and Cyber Requirements file. 2. The population in SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix is adjacent only to a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS; Be deemed not relevant is the honest Government RFP call. 3. A company facing a CMMC Level 2 assessment before bid already contained a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS before SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix arrived; no new Compliance and Cyber Requirements path. 4. Provenance on SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS is broken; do not pick Past performance will score or Be deemed not relevant yet.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Map Section L/M requirements in SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix to evaluator notes after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS. 2. Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix attaches. 3. Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs past performance will score. 4. For this Government RFP Compliance and Cyber Requirements file, read SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix against a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS and write the one fact that would move past performance will score for proposal compliance lead.
RECOMMENDATION Choose Past performance will score / Be deemed not relevant on this Government RFP / Compliance and Cyber Requirements packet (SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS). The follow-on Compliance and Cyber Requirements action is what proposal compliance lead does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.
COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Government RFP option on past performance will score, then the evidence in SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix, then the action for proposal compliance lead - Hypothesis scorecard against SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix: supported / rejected / untestable - Missing page in SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS, if any - Regulatory or exam hook Compliance and Cyber Requirements would cite
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