Assess whether the bid is compliant enough to survive a responsiveness check

SITUATION An incumbent defending a recompete with thin past performance has shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps in hand following a CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling. Capture manager must determine whether the bid is compliant enough to survive a responsiveness check for this Government RFP Performance and Teaming file.

DECISION Capture manager in an incumbent defending a recompete with thin past performance must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps after a CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps reads as Pursue once a CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling is lined up to the same Government RFP population. 2. Shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps is closer to Pursue with conditions after a CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling; Pursue would over-claim this Performance and Teaming extract. 3. Partner is still live in shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps for capture manager in an incumbent defending a recompete with thin past performance. 4. Shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps is missing the fact capture manager needs after a CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling; stop this Government RFP close.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Map Section L/M requirements in shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps to evaluator notes after a CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling. 2. Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps attaches. 3. Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs the bid is compliant. 4. For this Government RFP Performance and Teaming file, read shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps against a CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling and write the one fact that would move the bid is compliant for capture manager.

RECOMMENDATION Choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid on this Government RFP / Performance and Teaming packet (shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps after a CMMC assessor finding on CUI handling). The follow-on Performance and Teaming action is what capture manager does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Government RFP option on the bid is compliant, then the evidence in shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps, then the action for capture manager - Hypothesis scorecard against shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps: supported / rejected / untestable - Named option among Pursue, Pursue with conditions, Partner and the fact that kills the others - Owner and next date for capture manager in an incumbent defending a recompete with thin past performance