You mean they may not want a company associated with one in litigation with labor dept for discrimination ? Oh cmon they dont look into these things ? Only i do
No kidding! Who expected an award just because I sent Lt/Gen Ben Hodges a copy of Mobile Trust? Did I ever state that? Answer, No. As far as the RFP is concerned you're forgetting something! That's DISA. If you are what you wrote, you would know that DISA would have to buy into any IT even before the vendor was ever offered a shot at the RFP. Mobile Trust went to US Cyber Command for evaluation. The next gate keeper (before an RFP is cut) would be DISA. You know that!
Don't believe me? Go to the DISA site. You will see contracting listed under mission support. They would be the next hurdle for ANY defensive software vendor to leap before being able to participate in the RFP process.
What about requirements that are written to point to a technology (not a specific vendor). Then throw in that SFOR will get licensing fees no matter the vendor. This is one aspect of how they're approaching the legal side, etc.