Assess whether to bid as prime, sub, or no-bid (809a5f)

SITUATION Price-to-win analyst is responsible for to bid as prime, sub, or no-bid in a contractor evaluating a modification that looks like out-of-scope work, using small-business subcontracting plan short of goals as the only working extract. A modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS is what reset the timeline for this Government RFP Capture and Pricing file.

DECISION Price-to-win analyst in a contractor evaluating a modification that looks like out-of-scope work must choose To bid as prime, sub, / No-bid using small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize To bid as prime, sub, now; small-business subcontracting plan short of goals already has the discriminator after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS. 2. Keep No-bid in force until small-business subcontracting plan short of goals is completed after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS for price-to-win analyst. 3. Treat small-business subcontracting plan short of goals as To bid as prime, sub, because both readings appear after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS. 4. Refuse a Government RFP close: price-to-win analyst does not have the decision to bid as prime, sub, or no-bid turns on in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Score competitive posture if price-to-win analyst pursues, partners, or no-bids. 2. Test OCI, QASP, and mandatory evaluation rights a contractor evaluating a modification that looks like out-of-scope work cannot waive quietly. 3. Map Section L/M requirements in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals to evaluator notes after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS. 4. For this Government RFP Capture and Pricing file, read small-business subcontracting plan short of goals against a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS and write the one fact that would move to bid as prime, sub, or no-bid for price-to-win analyst.

RECOMMENDATION Choose To bid as prime, sub, / No-bid on this Government RFP / Capture and Pricing packet (small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a modification adding cybersecurity work not in the PWS). The follow-on Capture and Pricing action is what price-to-win analyst does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Government RFP option on to bid as prime, sub, or no-bid, then the evidence in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals, then the action for price-to-win analyst - Hypothesis scorecard against small-business subcontracting plan short of goals: supported / rejected / untestable - Regulatory or exam hook Capture and Pricing would cite - Capture and Pricing finding in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals that a second reviewer can re-perform