Assess whether a protest is rational after debrief (ea25fd)

Situation

A data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year put shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps in front of contracts officer supporting a bid in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order. This Government RFP / Protest and Modifications close is a protest is rational from shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps, and the live options are Pursue, Pursue with conditions, Partner.

Decision

Contracts officer supporting a bid in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps after a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year.

Hypotheses to test

• Shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps reads as Pursue once a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year is lined up to the same Government RFP population.
• Shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps is closer to Pursue with conditions after a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year; Pursue would over-claim this Protest and Modifications extract.
• Partner is still live in shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps for contracts officer supporting a bid in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order.
• Shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps is missing the fact contracts officer supporting a bid needs after a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year; stop this Government RFP close.

Analysis required

• Map Section L/M requirements in shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps to evaluator notes after a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year.
• Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps attaches.
• Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs a protest is rational.
• For this Government RFP Protest and Modifications file, read shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps against a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year and write the one fact that would move a protest is rational for contracts officer supporting a bid.

Recommendation

Choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid on this Government RFP / Protest and Modifications packet (shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps after a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year). Lead with the Government RFP option shall-statement compliance matrix with gaps can support after a data-rights assertion the customer already rejected last year, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for contracts officer supporting a bid in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order.