Assess whether a protest is rational after debrief (f21965)

Situation

Capture and Pricing work in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order now turns on a protest is rational because a teammate that cannot meet the facility-clearance requirement put small-business subcontracting plan short of goals in play. Past-performance volume owner should say what small-business subcontracting plan short of goals proves.

Decision

Past-performance volume owner in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order must choose Pursue / Pursue with conditions / Partner / No-bid using small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a teammate that cannot meet the facility-clearance requirement.

Hypotheses to test

• A teammate that cannot meet the facility-clearance requirement is noise around an already-controlled Capture and Pricing process in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order, given small-business subcontracting plan short of goals.
• A teammate that cannot meet the facility-clearance requirement is the event in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals that forces Pursue for past-performance volume owner under Government RFP.
• Small-business subcontracting plan short of goals shows a one-file miss after a teammate that cannot meet the facility-clearance requirement, not a Capture and Pricing program failure.
• Small-business subcontracting plan short of goals cannot decide a protest is rational yet after a teammate that cannot meet the facility-clearance requirement; hold is the only Government RFP close a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order can defend.

Analysis required

• Score competitive posture if past-performance volume owner 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.
• Map Section L/M requirements in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals to evaluator notes after a teammate that cannot meet the facility-clearance requirement.
• For this Government RFP Capture and Pricing file, read small-business subcontracting plan short of goals against a teammate that cannot meet the facility-clearance requirement and write the one fact that would move a protest is rational for past-performance volume owner.

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