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B-416248.2 1 (2018-07-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduxn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G&O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Organs for Life File: B-416248.2 Date: July 30, 2018 Thomas M. Egan, for the protester. Robyn Littman, Esq., and Christian P. Maimone, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging a solicitation's minimum experience requirement is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that offerors must demonstrate at least 3 years of organizational experience performing relevant work. 2. Where the protester acknowledges that it cannot meet the solicitation's experience requirements, it is not an interested party to challenge other solicitation terms. DECISION Organs for Life (OFL), of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, challenges the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. 18-250-SOL-0017, which was issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), for operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). The protester argues that the terms of the solicitation are unduly restrictive of competition. We deny in part and dismiss in part the protest. BACKGROUND The OPTN is part of HRSA's organ donation and transplantation program, and serves as the national system that allocates and distributes donor organs to individuals waiting for an organ transplant. Healthcare Systems Bureau, www.hrsa.gov/about/ organization/bureaus/hsb/index.html (last visited July 26, 2018). The OPTN is a unique public-private partnership that links all professionals involved in the U.S. donation and transplantation system. About the OPTN, optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/governance/about-

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