Assess whether to bid as prime, sub, or no-bid (e6808f)

SITUATION Contracts officer supporting a bid is responsible for to bid as prime, sub, or no-bid in an incumbent defending a recompete, using thin past performance with past-performance recency and relevance scorecard as the only working extract. A subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit is what reset the timeline for this Government RFP Capture and Pricing file.

DECISION Contracts officer supporting a bid in an incumbent defending a recompete with thin past performance must choose To bid as prime, sub, / No-bid using past-performance recency and relevance scorecard after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Past-performance recency and relevance scorecard reads as To bid as prime, sub, once a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit is lined up to the same Government RFP population. 2. Past-performance recency and relevance scorecard is closer to No-bid after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit; To bid as prime, sub, would over-claim this Capture and Pricing extract. 3. A dual reading is still live in past-performance recency and relevance scorecard for contracts officer supporting a bid in an incumbent defending a recompete with thin past performance. 4. Past-performance recency and relevance scorecard is missing the fact contracts officer supporting a bid needs after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit; stop this Government RFP close.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs to bid as prime, sub, or no-bid. 2. Score competitive posture if contracts officer supporting a bid pursues, partners, or no-bids. 3. Test OCI, QASP, and mandatory evaluation rights an incumbent defending a recompete with thin past performance cannot waive quietly. 4. For this Government RFP Capture and Pricing file, read past-performance recency and relevance scorecard against a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit and write the one fact that would move to bid as prime, sub, or no-bid for contracts officer supporting a bid.

RECOMMENDATION Choose To bid as prime, sub, / No-bid on this Government RFP / Capture and Pricing packet (past-performance recency and relevance scorecard after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit). Lead with the Government RFP option past-performance recency and relevance scorecard 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 an incumbent defending a recompete with thin past performance.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Government RFP option on to bid as prime, sub, or no-bid, then the evidence in past-performance recency and relevance scorecard, then the action for contracts officer supporting a bid - Hypothesis scorecard against past-performance recency and relevance scorecard: supported / rejected / untestable - Regulatory or exam hook Capture and Pricing would cite - Capture and Pricing finding in past-performance recency and relevance scorecard that a second reviewer can re-perform