Assess whether a protest is rational after debrief after a data-rights

Situation

A mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order cannot treat a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year as color commentary on small-business subcontracting plan short of goals. Past-performance volume owner must close a protest is rational from that extract under Government RFP / Capture and Pricing.

Decision

Past-performance volume owner in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year.

Hypotheses to test

• Small-business subcontracting plan short of goals reads as Pursue once a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year is lined up to the same Government RFP population.
• Small-business subcontracting plan short of goals is closer to Pursue with conditions after a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year; Pursue would over-claim this Capture and Pricing extract.
• Partner is still live in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals for past-performance volume owner in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order.
• Small-business subcontracting plan short of goals is missing the fact past-performance volume owner needs after a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year; stop this Government RFP close.

Analysis required

• Map Section L/M requirements in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals to evaluator notes after a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year.
• Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what small-business subcontracting plan short of goals attaches.
• Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs a protest is rational.
• For this Government RFP Capture and Pricing file, read small-business subcontracting plan short of goals against a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year 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 / Capture and Pricing packet (small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year). If small-business subcontracting plan short of goals cannot force a Government RFP label under Capture and Pricing, stop. If small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year cannot support Pursue versus Pursue with conditions on this Government RFP Capture and Pricing close, past-performance volume owner must identify the Section L/M or evaluation criterion that remains unproven rather than filling the gap.