Assess whether a protest is rational after debrief (17f287)

Situation

A company facing a CMMC Level 2 assessment before bid cannot treat a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS as color commentary on discriminator table that still reads generic. IDIQ task-order strategist must close a protest is rational from that extract under Government RFP / Performance and Teaming.

Decision

IDIQ task-order strategist in a company facing a CMMC Level 2 assessment before bid must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using discriminator table that still reads generic after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS.

Hypotheses to test

• Authorize Pursue now; discriminator table that still reads generic already has the discriminator after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS.
• Keep Pursue with conditions in force until discriminator table that still reads generic is completed after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS for IDIQ task-order strategist.
• Treat discriminator table that still reads generic as Partner because both readings appear after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS.
• Refuse a Government RFP close: IDIQ task-order strategist does not have the page a protest is rational turns on in discriminator table that still reads generic.

Analysis required

• Map Section L/M requirements in discriminator table that still reads generic to evaluator notes after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS.
• Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what discriminator table that still reads generic attaches.
• Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs a protest is rational.
• For this Government RFP Performance and Teaming file, read discriminator table that still reads generic against a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS and write the one fact that would move a protest is rational for IDIQ task-order strategist.

Recommendation

Choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid on this Government RFP / Performance and Teaming packet (discriminator table that still reads generic after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS). The follow-on Performance and Teaming action is what IDIQ task-order strategist does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.