Whether a protest is rational after debrief from small-business

Situation

After a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS, small-business subcontracting plan short of goals is what past-performance volume owner can touch in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR. Government RFP will live with Pursue versus Pursue with conditions on this Compliance and Cyber Requirements file.

Decision

Past-performance volume owner in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS.

Hypotheses to test

• Past-performance volume owner can defend Pursue from small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS in a Government RFP challenge.
• Past-performance volume owner cannot defend Pursue from small-business subcontracting plan short of goals; Pursue with conditions is what the extract actually supports after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS.
• A modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS never reached the population in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals — reopen intake, do not close a protest is rational.
• Two facts in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS conflict for past-performance volume owner; hold this Compliance and Cyber Requirements file.

Analysis required

• Score competitive posture if past-performance volume owner pursues, partners, or no-bids.
• Test OCI, QASP, and mandatory evaluation rights a lab competing a Phase II SBIR cannot waive quietly.
• Map Section L/M requirements in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals to evaluator notes after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS.
• For this Government RFP Compliance and Cyber Requirements file, read small-business subcontracting plan short of goals against a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS and write the one fact that would move a protest is rational for past-performance volume owner.

Recommendation

Choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid on this Government RFP / Compliance and Cyber Requirements packet (small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS). If small-business subcontracting plan short of goals cannot force a Government RFP label under Compliance and Cyber Requirements, stop. Do not invent pages a lab competing a Phase II SBIR does not have.