Assess whether past performance will score or be deemed not relevant (45c081)
August 31, 2026 · SmartSolo
Situation
Protest and Modifications work in an incumbent defending a recompete with thin past performance now turns on past performance will score because a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit put price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate in play. Protest and Modifications work in an incumbent defending a recompete with thin past performance now turns on past performance will score because a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit put price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate in play; past-performance volume owner should say what price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate proves for Government RFP.
Decision
Past-performance volume owner in an incumbent defending a recompete with thin past performance must choose Past performance will score / Be deemed not relevant using price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit.
Hypotheses to test
- A subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit is noise around an already-controlled Protest and Modifications process in an incumbent defending a recompete with thin past performance, given price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate.
- A subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit is the event in price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate that forces Past performance will score for past-performance volume owner under Government RFP.
- Price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate shows a one-file miss after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit, not a Protest and Modifications program failure.
- Price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate cannot decide past performance will score yet after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit; hold is the only Government RFP close an incumbent defending a recompete with thin past performance can defend.
Analysis required
- Map Section L/M requirements in price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate to evaluator notes after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit.
- 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 past performance will score.
- For this Government RFP Protest and Modifications file, read price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate against a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit and write the one fact that would move past performance will score for past-performance volume owner.
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