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B-414068.6 1 (2017-12-22)

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GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States
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                                            DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                          The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                                  a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                          been approved for public release.


Matter of:  Synchrogenix Information Strategies, LLC

File:        B-414068.6

Date:        December 22, 2017

David S. Cohen, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., Laurel A. Hockey, Esq., and Daniel
Strouse, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for the protester.
Scott M. McCaleb, Esq., Craig Smith, Esq., and George E. Petel, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP,
for Lorenz International, LLC, an intervenor.
Christine Simpson, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency.
Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

A protester that is a large business is not an interested party to challenge the agency's
evaluation of the small business awardee's proposal under a small business set-aside.
DECISION

Synchrogenix Information Strategies, LLC, a large business of Wilmington, Delaware,
protests the award of a contract to Lorenz International, LLC, a small business, by the
Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), under
request for proposals (RFP) No. 16-223-SOL-00073, issued as a small business
set-aside for software licenses, maintenance, and support services and other activities
associated with implementing an Electronic Common Technical Document (eCTD)
validation and review software. Synchrogenix challenges the agency's evaluation of
Lorenz's proposal and source selection decision.

We dismiss the protest on the basis that the protester is not an interested party.

The FDA issued the RFP on July 1, 2016, as a combined synopsis/solicitation under the
commercial item provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6.1

1 The history of this procurement has previously been set forth in our decision,
Synchrocqenix Info. Strategies, LLC, B-414068.4, Sept. 8, 2017, 2017 CPD T 283, and
relevant aspects of the history are repeated here.

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