Assess whether past performance will score or be deemed not relevant (9cbd65)
August 31, 2026 · SmartSolo
Situation
Past performance will score sits with protest-risk counsel's technical counterpart because a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS hit a contractor evaluating a modification that looks like out-of-scope work. Evidence is past-performance recency and relevance scorecard; write the Government RFP Protest and Modifications option that extract can carry.
Decision
Protest-risk counsel's technical counterpart in a contractor evaluating a modification that looks like out-of-scope work must choose Past performance will score / Be deemed not relevant using past-performance recency and relevance scorecard after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS.
Hypotheses to test
- Protest-risk counsel's technical counterpart can defend Past performance will score from past-performance recency and relevance scorecard after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS in a Government RFP challenge.
- Protest-risk counsel's technical counterpart cannot defend Past performance will score from past-performance recency and relevance scorecard; Be deemed not relevant is what the extract actually supports after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS.
- A modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS never reached the population in past-performance recency and relevance scorecard — reopen intake, do not close past performance will score.
- Two facts in past-performance recency and relevance scorecard after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS conflict for protest-risk counsel's technical counterpart; hold this Protest and Modifications file.
Analysis required
- Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what past-performance recency and relevance scorecard attaches.
- Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs past performance will score.
- Score competitive posture if protest-risk counsel's technical counterpart pursues, partners, or no-bids.
- For this Government RFP Protest and Modifications file, read past-performance recency and relevance scorecard against a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS and write the one fact that would move past performance will score for protest-risk counsel's technical counterpart.
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