Assess whether a protest is rational after debrief (413b8d)

Situation

A lab competing a Phase II SBIR cannot treat an incumbent protest rumor on the street as color commentary on SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix. Capture manager must close a protest is rational from that extract under Government RFP / Protest and Modifications.

Decision

Capture manager in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix after an incumbent protest rumor on the street.

Hypotheses to test

• An incumbent protest rumor on the street is noise around an already-controlled Protest and Modifications process in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR, given SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix.
• An incumbent protest rumor on the street is the event in SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix that forces Pursue for capture manager under Government RFP.
• SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix shows a one-file miss after an incumbent protest rumor on the street, not a Protest and Modifications program failure.
• SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix cannot decide a protest is rational yet after an incumbent protest rumor on the street; hold is the only Government RFP close a lab competing a Phase II SBIR can defend.

Analysis required

• Test OCI, QASP, and mandatory evaluation rights a lab competing a Phase II SBIR cannot waive quietly.
• Map Section L/M requirements in SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix to evaluator notes after an incumbent protest rumor on the street.
• Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix attaches.
• For this Government RFP Protest and Modifications file, read SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix against an incumbent protest rumor on the street 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 / Protest and Modifications packet (SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix after an incumbent protest rumor on the street). If SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix cannot force a Government RFP label under Protest and Modifications, stop. If SBIR Phase II commercialization appendix after an incumbent protest rumor on the street cannot support Pursue versus Pursue with conditions on this Government RFP Protest and Modifications close, capture manager must identify the Section L/M or evaluation criterion that remains unproven rather than filling the gap.