Assess whether a protest is rational after debrief from past-performance

Situation

A government estimate that is 30% below your floor put past-performance recency and relevance scorecard in front of capture manager in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order. This Government RFP / Compliance and Cyber Requirements close is a protest is rational from past-performance recency and relevance scorecard, and the live options are Pursue, Pursue with conditions, Partner.

Decision

Capture manager 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 government estimate that is 30% below your floor.

Hypotheses to test

• Authorize Pursue now; past-performance recency and relevance scorecard already has the discriminator after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor.
• Keep Pursue with conditions in force until past-performance recency and relevance scorecard is completed after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor for capture manager.
• Treat past-performance recency and relevance scorecard as Partner because both readings appear after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor.
• Refuse a Government RFP close: capture manager does not have the page a protest is rational turns on in past-performance recency and relevance scorecard.

Analysis required

• Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs a protest is rational.
• Score competitive posture if capture manager pursues, partners, or no-bids.
• Test OCI, QASP, and mandatory evaluation rights a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order cannot waive quietly.
• For this Government RFP Compliance and Cyber Requirements file, read past-performance recency and relevance scorecard against a government estimate that is 30% below your floor and write the one fact that would move a protest is rational for capture manager.

Recommendation

Choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid on this Government RFP / Compliance and Cyber Requirements packet (past-performance recency and relevance scorecard after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor). Lead with the Government RFP option past-performance recency and relevance scorecard can support after a government estimate that is 30% below your floor, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for capture manager in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order.