Assess whether a protest is rational after debrief (d6e5b0)

Situation

A contractor evaluating a modification that looks like out-of-scope work cannot treat a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year as color commentary on protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors. Proposal compliance lead must close a protest is rational from that extract under Government RFP / Performance and Teaming.

Decision

Proposal compliance lead in a contractor evaluating a modification that looks like out-of-scope work must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors after a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year.

Hypotheses to test

• The population in protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors is the one a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year named, so Pursue follows for this Performance and Teaming file.
• The population in protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors is adjacent only to a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year; Pursue with conditions is the honest Government RFP call.
• A contractor evaluating a modification that looks like out-of-scope work already contained a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year before protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors arrived; no new Performance and Teaming path.
• Provenance on protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors after a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year is broken; do not pick Pursue or Pursue with conditions yet.

Analysis required

• Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors attaches.
• Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs a protest is rational.
• Score competitive posture if proposal compliance lead pursues, partners, or no-bids.
• For this Government RFP Performance and Teaming file, read protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors against a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year and write the one fact that would move a protest is rational for proposal compliance lead.

Recommendation

Choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid on this Government RFP / Performance and Teaming packet (protest-exposure memo on evaluation factors after a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year). The follow-on Performance and Teaming action is what proposal compliance lead does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.