Assess whether a protest is rational after debrief (fd181b)

Situation

Capture manager in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR has one working extract — past-performance recency and relevance scorecard — after a debrief that contradicts the evaluation-notice scores. Capture manager in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR has past-performance recency and relevance scorecard after a debrief that contradicts the evaluation-notice scores. If that extract cannot support a protest is rational, the honest Government RFP Protest and Modifications output is hold.

Decision

Capture manager in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using past-performance recency and relevance scorecard after a debrief that contradicts the evaluation-notice scores.

Hypotheses to test

• Past-performance recency and relevance scorecard reads as Pursue once a debrief that contradicts the evaluation-notice scores is lined up to the same Government RFP population.
• Past-performance recency and relevance scorecard is closer to Pursue with conditions after a debrief that contradicts the evaluation-notice scores; Pursue would over-claim this Protest and Modifications extract.
• Partner is still live in past-performance recency and relevance scorecard for capture manager in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR.
• Past-performance recency and relevance scorecard is missing the fact capture manager needs after a debrief that contradicts the evaluation-notice scores; stop this Government RFP close.

Analysis required

• Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs a protest is rational.
• Score competitive posture if capture manager pursues, partners, or no-bids.
• Test OCI, QASP, and mandatory evaluation rights a lab competing a Phase II SBIR cannot waive quietly.
• For this Government RFP Protest and Modifications file, read past-performance recency and relevance scorecard against a debrief that contradicts the evaluation-notice scores and write the one fact that would move a protest is rational for capture manager.

Recommendation

Choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid on this Government RFP / Protest and Modifications packet (past-performance recency and relevance scorecard after a debrief that contradicts the evaluation-notice scores). The follow-on Protest and Modifications action is what capture manager does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.