Did you know that a common complaint found in the Accountability Office (GAO) Protest Docket is that offerors do not sufficiently describe their approach? When an approach is not adequately detailed, evaluators give it a lesser grade or assign it a weakness. In close competitions, an inferior grade can distinguish between a contract award and an unsuccessful protest. Therefore, we built the Detailed Approach Checklist below to address these issues and organized them around the classic seven questions (who, what, when, where, why, and how). Detailed Approach Checklist ‘Who’ Questions Who is assigned to perform the work, and what are their roles and responsibilities? To whom do they report? Who are their backups in case of absence? Who provides reach-back support if needed? ‘What’ Questions What standards or best practices are you using to implement the approach? What type of knowledge, qualifications, education, or certifications do you possess to implement … Continue reading A sufficiently detailed approach – common GAO complaints
