Assess whether a protest is rational after debrief (f67a08)

Situation

Performance and Teaming work in a contractor evaluating a modification that looks like out-of-scope work now turns on a protest is rational because an incumbent protest rumor on the street put small-business subcontracting plan short of goals in play. Proposal compliance lead should say what small-business subcontracting plan short of goals proves.

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 small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after an incumbent protest rumor on the street.

Hypotheses to test

• An incumbent protest rumor on the street is noise around an already-controlled Performance and Teaming process in a contractor evaluating a modification that looks like out-of-scope work, given small-business subcontracting plan short of goals.
• An incumbent protest rumor on the street is the event in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals that forces Pursue for proposal compliance lead under Government RFP.
• Small-business subcontracting plan short of goals shows a one-file miss after an incumbent protest rumor on the street, not a Performance and Teaming program failure.
• Small-business subcontracting plan short of goals cannot decide a protest is rational yet after an incumbent protest rumor on the street; hold is the only Government RFP close a contractor evaluating a modification that looks like out-of-scope work can defend.

Analysis required

• Test OCI, QASP, and mandatory evaluation rights a contractor evaluating a modification that looks like out-of-scope work cannot waive quietly.
• Map Section L/M requirements in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals to evaluator notes after an incumbent protest rumor on the street.
• Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what small-business subcontracting plan short of goals attaches.
• For this Government RFP Performance and Teaming file, read small-business subcontracting plan short of goals against an incumbent protest rumor on the street 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 (small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after an incumbent protest rumor on the street). 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.