07-13-2011, 04:56 PM
We need to keep separate the terms "requirements" as in threshold vs "requirements" as in objective.
We have previously converged on near-universal concurrence that a new cartridge must at least match the trajectory, including wind drift, of the 7.62X51 M80 round. This statement constitutes a threshold performance requirement. Busting this kills the initiative if it were in a source selection activity.
How much better we would like to see the cartridge perform establishes the "Objective Requirement" statement. The degree to which a submission meets the objective statement while meeting ALL of the threshold requirements helps establish the score for the submission. Even here wisdom suggests setting objectives that have a possibility of being met, if for no other reason, to maintain credibility in the source selection document.
Hence the answer is that the submission must equal or decrease the trajectory and wind drift compared to the M80 round from barrels of equal length.
The above sentence almost contains both the threshold and objective. Adding language that specifies "by how much" would complete the objective statement.
We have previously converged on near-universal concurrence that a new cartridge must at least match the trajectory, including wind drift, of the 7.62X51 M80 round. This statement constitutes a threshold performance requirement. Busting this kills the initiative if it were in a source selection activity.
How much better we would like to see the cartridge perform establishes the "Objective Requirement" statement. The degree to which a submission meets the objective statement while meeting ALL of the threshold requirements helps establish the score for the submission. Even here wisdom suggests setting objectives that have a possibility of being met, if for no other reason, to maintain credibility in the source selection document.
Hence the answer is that the submission must equal or decrease the trajectory and wind drift compared to the M80 round from barrels of equal length.
The above sentence almost contains both the threshold and objective. Adding language that specifies "by how much" would complete the objective statement.