Assess whether the SBIR data-rights assertions are too aggressive (2c0175)

SITUATION Small-business subcontracting plan short of goals arrived with a CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling for price-to-win analyst. That is a Government RFP Compliance and Cyber Requirements decision on the SBIR data-rights assertions in an 8(a) teaming on a civilian shared-services RFP.

DECISION Price-to-win analyst in an 8(a) teaming on a civilian shared-services RFP must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Price-to-win analyst can defend Pursue from small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling in a Government RFP challenge. 2. Price-to-win analyst cannot defend Pursue from small-business subcontracting plan short of goals; Pursue with conditions is what the extract actually supports after a CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling. 3. A CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling never reached the population in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals — reopen intake, do not close the SBIR data-rights assertions. 4. Two facts in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling conflict for price-to-win analyst; hold this Compliance and Cyber Requirements file.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Map Section L/M requirements in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals to evaluator notes after a CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling. 2. Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what small-business subcontracting plan short of goals attaches. 3. Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs the SBIR data-rights assertions. 4. For this Government RFP Compliance and Cyber Requirements file, read small-business subcontracting plan short of goals against a CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling and write the one fact that would move the SBIR data-rights assertions for price-to-win analyst.

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 CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling). Lead with the Government RFP option small-business subcontracting plan short of goals can support after a CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for price-to-win analyst in an 8(a) teaming on a civilian shared-services RFP.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Government RFP option on the SBIR data-rights assertions, then the evidence in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals, then the action for price-to-win analyst - Hypothesis scorecard against small-business subcontracting plan short of goals: supported / rejected / untestable - Named option among Pursue, Pursue with conditions, Partner and the fact that kills the others - Owner and next date for price-to-win analyst in an 8(a) teaming on a civilian shared-services RFP