Assess whether to price to win or walk from a buy-in (e2bc39)

SITUATION Contracts officer supporting a bid is responsible for to price to win or walk in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR, using small-business subcontracting plan short of goals as the only working extract. A subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit is what reset the timeline for this Government RFP Performance and Teaming file.

DECISION Contracts officer supporting a bid in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR must choose To price to win / Walk from a buy-in using small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. A subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit is noise around an already-controlled Performance and Teaming process in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR, given small-business subcontracting plan short of goals. 2. A subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit is the event in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals that forces To price to win for contracts officer supporting a bid under Government RFP. 3. Small-business subcontracting plan short of goals shows a one-file miss after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit, not a Performance and Teaming program failure. 4. Small-business subcontracting plan short of goals cannot decide to price to win or walk yet after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit; hold is the only Government RFP close a lab competing a Phase II SBIR can defend.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what small-business subcontracting plan short of goals attaches. 2. Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs to price to win or walk. 3. Score competitive posture if contracts officer supporting a bid pursues, partners, or no-bids. 4. For this Government RFP Performance and Teaming file, read small-business subcontracting plan short of goals against a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit and write the one fact that would move to price to win or walk for contracts officer supporting a bid.

RECOMMENDATION Choose To price to win / Walk from a buy-in on this Government RFP / Performance and Teaming packet (small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit). The follow-on Performance and Teaming action is what contracts officer supporting a bid does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Government RFP option on to price to win or walk, then the evidence in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals, then the action for contracts officer supporting a bid - Hypothesis scorecard against small-business subcontracting plan short of goals: supported / rejected / untestable - Owner and next date for contracts officer supporting a bid in a lab competing a Phase II SBIR - What changes to price to win or walk if a subcontracting goal the supply base cannot hit is later withdrawn