Assess whether to price to win or walk from a buy-in after a debrief that

SITUATION Small-business subcontracting plan short of goals arrived with a debrief that contradicts the evaluation-notice scores for past-performance volume owner. That is a Government RFP Capture and Pricing decision on to price to win or walk in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order.

DECISION Past-performance volume owner in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order must choose To price to win / Walk from a buy-in using small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a debrief that contradicts the evaluation-notice scores.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Authorize To price to win now; small-business subcontracting plan short of goals already has the discriminator after a debrief that contradicts the evaluation-notice scores. 2. Keep Walk from a buy-in in force until small-business subcontracting plan short of goals is completed after a debrief that contradicts the evaluation-notice scores for past-performance volume owner. 3. Treat small-business subcontracting plan short of goals as To price to win because both readings appear after a debrief that contradicts the evaluation-notice scores. 4. Refuse a Government RFP close: past-performance volume owner does not have the decision to price to win or walk turns on in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Map Section L/M requirements in small-business subcontracting plan short of goals to evaluator notes after a debrief that contradicts the evaluation-notice scores. 2. Compare teaming and past-performance claims to what small-business subcontracting plan short of goals attaches. 3. Normalize pricing and exceptions against the solicitation that governs to price to win or walk. 4. For this Government RFP Capture and Pricing file, read small-business subcontracting plan short of goals against a debrief that contradicts the evaluation-notice scores and write the one fact that would move to price to win or walk for past-performance volume owner.

RECOMMENDATION Choose To price to win / Walk from a buy-in on this Government RFP / Capture and Pricing packet (small-business subcontracting plan short of goals after a debrief that contradicts the evaluation-notice scores). The follow-on Capture and Pricing action is what past-performance volume owner 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 past-performance volume owner - Hypothesis scorecard against small-business subcontracting plan short of goals: supported / rejected / untestable - Named option among To price to win, Walk from a buy-in and the fact that kills the others - Owner and next date for past-performance volume owner in a mid-tier integrator bidding a DoD IDIQ task order