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[Protest of NASA Contract Award for Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope]

B-277160: Jul 2, 1997

A firm protested a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) contract award for a field emission scanning electron microscope, contending that NASA unreasonably rejected its proposal as technically unacceptable. GAO held that NASA reasonably rejected the protester's bid, since the protester did not submit descriptive literature to show that its proposed product met the solicitation's wo...

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Matter of: JEOL USA, Inc. File: B-277160 Date: July 2, 1997

B-277160: Jul 2, 1997

JEOL protests that the rejection of its offer as technically unacceptable was unreasonable. JEOL's product manager stated that the specified resolution of JEOL's microscope was for much shorter working distances than required under NASA's specification. He stated that the resolution was 2.5 nm at 1 kV for a working distance of 3 mm. NASA determined that JEOL's proposal was unacceptable. As were th...

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