Section 6 · Past Performance

Past performance is one of the strongest government-contracting assets.

Every completed or active engagement should be recorded with acceptable evidence. If government past performance is limited, comparable commercial experience can be translated honestly \u2014 never relabeled as federal experience.

Fields to capture per engagement

  • Customer name
  • Government or commercial
  • Contract number
  • Purchase-order number
  • Prime or subcontract
  • Start and end dates
  • Contract value
  • Amount received
  • Scope of work
  • Deliverables
  • NAICS and PSC codes
  • Performance location
  • Project manager
  • Customer reference
  • Telephone and email
  • Challenges encountered
  • Corrective actions
  • Results
  • Quantified outcomes
  • On-time status
  • On-budget status
  • CPARS rating, if applicable
  • Permission to publish
  • Redacted supporting documents

Acceptable evidence

  • Executed contracts
  • Purchase orders
  • Paid invoices
  • Notices to proceed
  • Award letters
  • Client acceptance letters
  • CPARS reports
  • Performance evaluations
  • Reference letters
  • Case studies
  • Analytics screenshots
  • Before-and-after data
The AI must not relabel commercial work as federal past performance, and must not invent outcomes, references, or ratings that are not backed by supporting evidence.