Assess whether to price to win or walk from a buy-in (413f02)

SITUATION An incumbent protest rumor on the street put past-performance recency and relevance scorecard in front of price-to-win analyst in an 8(a) teaming on a civilian shared-services RFP. This Government RFP / Compliance and Cyber Requirements close is to price to win or walk from past-performance recency and relevance scorecard, and the live options are To price to win, Walk from a buy-in.

DECISION Price-to-win analyst in an 8(a) teaming on a civilian shared-services RFP must choose To price to win / Walk from a buy-in using past-performance recency and relevance scorecard after an incumbent protest rumor on the street.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. An incumbent protest rumor on the street is noise around an already-controlled Compliance and Cyber Requirements process in an 8(a) teaming on a civilian shared-services RFP, given past-performance recency and relevance scorecard. 2. An incumbent protest rumor on the street is the event in past-performance recency and relevance scorecard that forces To price to win for price-to-win analyst under Government RFP. 3. Past-performance recency and relevance scorecard shows a one-file miss after an incumbent protest rumor on the street, not a Compliance and Cyber Requirements program failure. 4. Past-performance recency and relevance scorecard cannot decide to price to win or walk yet after an incumbent protest rumor on the street; hold is the only Government RFP close an 8(a) teaming on a civilian shared-services RFP can defend.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what past-performance recency and relevance scorecard attaches. 2. Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs to price to win or walk. 3. Score competitive posture if price-to-win analyst pursues, partners, or no-bids. 4. For this Government RFP Compliance and Cyber Requirements file, read past-performance recency and relevance scorecard against an incumbent protest rumor on the street and write the one fact that would move to price to win or walk for price-to-win analyst.

RECOMMENDATION Choose To price to win / Walk from a buy-in on this Government RFP / Compliance and Cyber Requirements packet (past-performance recency and relevance scorecard after an incumbent protest rumor on the street). If past-performance recency and relevance scorecard cannot force a Government RFP label under Compliance and Cyber Requirements, stop. Do not invent missing evidence an 8(a) teaming on a civilian shared-services RFP does not have.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Government RFP option on to price to win or walk, then the evidence in past-performance recency and relevance scorecard, then the action for price-to-win analyst - Hypothesis scorecard against past-performance recency and relevance scorecard: supported / rejected / untestable - Owner and next date for price-to-win analyst in an 8(a) teaming on a civilian shared-services RFP - What changes to price to win or walk if an incumbent protest rumor on the street is later withdrawn