Assess whether the SBIR data-rights assertions are too aggressive (9235a1)

SITUATION An incumbent protest rumor on the street put price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate in front of proposal compliance lead in a contractor evaluating a modification that looks like out-of-scope work. This Government RFP / Performance and Teaming decision is the SBIR data-rights assertions from price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate, and the live options are Pursue, Pursue with conditions, Partner.

DECISION Proposal compliance lead in a contractor evaluating a modification that looks like out-of-scope work must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate after an incumbent protest rumor on the street.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize Pursue now; price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate already has the discriminator after an incumbent protest rumor on the street. 2. Keep Pursue with conditions in force until price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate is completed after an incumbent protest rumor on the street for proposal compliance lead. 3. Treat price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate as Partner because both readings appear after an incumbent protest rumor on the street. 4. Refuse a Government RFP close: proposal compliance lead does not have the decision the SBIR data-rights assertions turns on in price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Map Section L/M requirements in price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate to evaluator notes after an incumbent protest rumor on the street. 2. Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate attaches. 3. Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs the SBIR data-rights assertions. 4. For this Government RFP Performance and Teaming file, read price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate against an incumbent protest rumor on the street and write the one fact that would move the SBIR data-rights assertions for proposal compliance lead.

RECOMMENDATION Choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid on this Government RFP / Performance and Teaming packet (price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate after an incumbent protest rumor on the street). If price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate cannot force a Government RFP label under Performance and Teaming, stop. Do not invent missing evidence a contractor evaluating a modification that looks like out-of-scope work does not have.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Government RFP option on the SBIR data-rights assertions, then the evidence in price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate, then the action for proposal compliance lead - Hypothesis scorecard against price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate: supported / rejected / untestable - Performance and Teaming finding in price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate that a second reviewer can re-perform - Missing page in price-to-win versus independent government cost estimate after an incumbent protest rumor on the street, if any