1. Why did you stop the procurement process?
2. Would it have been possible for you keep the procurement process moving even though a protest had been received?
3. If it had been possible for you to resume the process, on what basis would you have done that, and what would you have had to do?
4. Will you have to hear the protest?
5. If you have to hear the protest, what arguments will the contracting officer who is in charge of the procurement use to defend how the past performance of proposers was scored?
6. Outline a defensible procedure for scoring proposals on the criterion of the proposer's past performance.