We recently lost on an LPTA proposal, and requested a debriefing. The procurement was the first of series of very similar procurements, each for a different geographical area.
We got beat on price, and I have no doubt that our proposal was technically acceptable, but clearly somebody else had a lower priced technically acceptable offer.
We asked that the KO go beyond the minimum for debriefings as prescribed in the FAR and conduct a meaningful debriefing by telephone. We specifically asked to discuss what constituted technically acceptable, especially the minimum necessary to be technically acceptable. We intended to apply the lessons learned in the remaining procurements.
The response was not meaningful. It was a form letter that lined up with the FAR's minimum requirements. It did not touch providing the information that we wanted about what constituted technical acceptability and the minimum necessary to be technically acceptable.
Is there any way I can compel the government to provide a meaningful debriefing, either on this proposal or the next one that we lose?