Assess whether the bid is compliant enough to survive a responsiveness check
August 31, 2026
SITUATION Contract-mod scope creep log arrived with a government estimate that is 30% below your floor for past-performance volume owner. That is a Government RFP Compliance and Cyber Requirements decision on the bid is compliant in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR.
DECISION Past-performance volume owner in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using contract-mod scope creep log after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor.
HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize Pursue now; contract-mod scope creep log already has the discriminator after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor. 2. Keep Pursue with conditions in force until contract-mod scope creep log is completed after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor for past-performance volume owner. 3. Treat contract-mod scope creep log as Partner because both readings appear after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor. 4. Refuse a Government RFP close: past-performance volume owner does not have the decision the bid is compliant turns on in contract-mod scope creep log.
ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs the bid is compliant. 2. Score competitive posture if past-performance volume owner pursues, partners, or no-bids. 3. Test OCI, QASP, and mandatory evaluation rights a lab competing a Phase II SBIR cannot waive quietly. 4. For this Government RFP Compliance and Cyber Requirements file, read contract-mod scope creep log against a government estimate that is 30% below your floor and write the one fact that would move the bid is compliant for past-performance volume owner.
RECOMMENDATION Choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid on this Government RFP / Compliance and Cyber Requirements packet (contract-mod scope creep log after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor). Lead with the Government RFP option contract-mod scope creep log can support after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for past-performance volume owner in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR.
COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Government RFP option on the bid is compliant, then the evidence in contract-mod scope creep log, then the action for past-performance volume owner - Hypothesis scorecard against contract-mod scope creep log: supported / rejected / untestable - Missing page in contract-mod scope creep log after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor, if any - Regulatory or exam hook Compliance and Cyber Requirements would cite
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