Assess whether the SBIR data-rights assertions are too aggressive (c3d2f8)
August 31, 2026
SITUATION Past-performance recency and relevance scorecard arrived with a key person who just resigned for past-performance volume owner. That is a Government RFP Capture and Pricing decision on the SBIR data-rights assertions in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order.
DECISION Past-performance volume owner in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using past-performance recency and relevance scorecard after a key person who just resigned.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize Pursue now; past-performance recency and relevance scorecard already has the discriminator after a key person who just resigned. 2. Keep Pursue with conditions in force until past-performance recency and relevance scorecard is completed after a key person who just resigned for past-performance volume owner. 3. Treat past-performance recency and relevance scorecard as Partner because both readings appear after a key person who just resigned. 4. Refuse a Government RFP close: past-performance volume owner does not have the decision the SBIR data-rights assertions turns on in past-performance recency and relevance scorecard.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Map Section L/M requirements in past-performance recency and relevance scorecard to evaluator notes after a key person who just resigned. 2. Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what past-performance recency and relevance scorecard attaches. 3. Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs the SBIR data-rights assertions. 4. For this Government RFP Capture and Pricing file, read past-performance recency and relevance scorecard against a key person who just resigned and write the one fact that would move the SBIR data-rights assertions for past-performance volume owner.
RECOMMENDATION Choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid on this Government RFP / Capture and Pricing packet (past-performance recency and relevance scorecard after a key person who just resigned). Lead with the Government RFP option past-performance recency and relevance scorecard can support after a key person who just resigned, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for past-performance volume owner in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order.
COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Government RFP option on the SBIR data-rights assertions, then the evidence in past-performance recency and relevance scorecard, then the action for past-performance volume owner - Hypothesis scorecard against past-performance recency and relevance scorecard: supported / rejected / untestable - Named option among Pursue, Pursue with conditions, Partner and the fact that kills the others - Owner and next date for past-performance volume owner in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order
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