Assess whether past performance will score or be deemed not relevant (c5e9a3)
August 31, 2026 · SmartSolo
Situation
Price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate arrived with a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS 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 price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS.
Hypotheses to test
- Price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate reads as Past performance will score once a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS is lined up to the same Government RFP population.
- Price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate is closer to Be deemed not relevant after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS; Past performance will score would over-claim this Protest and Modifications extract.
- A dual reading is still live in price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate for IDIQ task-order strategist in an 8(a) teaming on a civilian shared-services RFP.
- Price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate is missing the fact IDIQ task-order strategist needs after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS; stop this Government RFP close.
Analysis required
- Score competitive posture if IDIQ task-order strategist pursues, partners, or no-bids.
- Test OCI, QASP, and mandatory evaluation rights an 8(a) teaming on a civilian shared-services RFP cannot waive quietly.
- Map Section L/M requirements in price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate to evaluator notes after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS.
- For this Government RFP Protest and Modifications file, read price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate against a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS 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 (price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS). 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.
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