Proposal to Acknowledge Urgent Orders Within 30 Minutes Fails to Meet Requirement to Deliver Within 30 Minutes; GAO B-413945, Shertech Pharmacy Piedmont LLC

Protest challenging the agency’s technical evaluation is denied, where the solicitation clearly established that a 30-minute response time for urgent pharmaceutical orders required orders to be delivered within 30 minutes, not merely acknowledged within 30 minutes; and protest challenging this requirement as unduly restrictive of competition is dismissed, where the protester was required to raise this challenge prior to the deadline for receipt of proposals.