Assess whether the SBIR data-rights assertions are too aggressive from OCI
August 31, 2026
SITUATION Contracts officer supporting a bid in a joint venture with an uneven workshare draft has one working extract — OCI mitigation plan that names the wrong affiliate — after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit. If OCI mitigation plan that names the wrong affiliate cannot support the SBIR data-rights assertions, the only defensible Government RFP output is hold.
DECISION Contracts officer supporting a bid in a joint venture with an uneven workshare draft must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using OCI mitigation plan that names the wrong affiliate after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Contracts officer supporting a bid can defend Pursue from OCI mitigation plan that names the wrong affiliate after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit in a Government RFP challenge. 2. Contracts officer supporting a bid cannot defend Pursue from OCI mitigation plan that names the wrong affiliate; Pursue with conditions is what the extract actually supports after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit. 3. A subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit never reached the population in OCI mitigation plan that names the wrong affiliate — reopen intake, do not close the SBIR data-rights assertions. 4. Two facts in OCI mitigation plan that names the wrong affiliate after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit conflict for contracts officer supporting a bid; hold this Compliance and Cyber Requirements file.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Test OCI, QASP, and mandatory evaluation rights a joint venture with an uneven workshare draft cannot waive quietly. 2. Map Section L/M requirements in OCI mitigation plan that names the wrong affiliate to evaluator notes after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit. 3. Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what OCI mitigation plan that names the wrong affiliate attaches. 4. For this Government RFP Compliance and Cyber Requirements file, read OCI mitigation plan that names the wrong affiliate against a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit and write the one fact that would move the SBIR data-rights assertions for contracts officer supporting a bid.
RECOMMENDATION Choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid on this Government RFP / Compliance and Cyber Requirements packet (OCI mitigation plan that names the wrong affiliate after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit). Lead with the Government RFP option OCI mitigation plan that names the wrong affiliate can support after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for contracts officer supporting a bid in a joint venture with an uneven workshare draft.
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