SolicitationPosted Sep 10, 2026·Responses due Sep 21, 2026

Vanquish Neo System and Ion Chromatography system

FDA · FDA OFFICE OF ACQ GRANT SVCS

Stage
Open solicitation
NAICS
334516
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
75F40126Q000430
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
6640
Place
Not stated
Contact
Iris Johnson (Iris.Johnson1@fda.hhs.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

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Early notice
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Solicitation
  • Sep 10, 2026 · this notice
    Solicitation
  • Sep 16, 2026
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    Open
Award
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What the notice says

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is soliciting quotations for the acquisition of two laboratory chromatography systems under one award: Thermo Scientific Vanquish Neo System or Equal for the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), including all components and accessories necessary to provide a complete and functional system, a twelve (12) month warranty, and two (2) days of on-site LC support. The system must be compatible with the Government-owned Thermo Fisher Scientific Orbitrap Exploris 240 mass spectrometer and associated ion-source/interface configuration. Thermo Scientific … (show all)

Dionex ICS-6000 HPIC System or Equal for the FDA National Forensic Chemistry Center (NFCC), including all required components, supplies, accessories, installation/start-up, and on-site analyst familiarization/training. The Vanquish Neo System will be delivered to Laurel, Maryland, and the Ion Chromatography System will be delivered to Cincinnati, Ohio. Each system is subject to the delivery, warranty, technical, and performance requirements identified in the applicable solicitation attachment. This acquisition is unrestricted and is not set aside for small business concerns. The applicable NAICS code is 334516 � Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. Award will be made using a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) approach. Offerors must provide sufficient technical documentation to demonstrate compliance with all applicable minimum requirements and salient characteristics for both systems. Offerors shall provide itemized pricing for all CLINs and identify the manufacturer, make/model, part number(s), country of origin, and place of manufacture for each proposed end product. Please refer to Solicitation 75F40126Q00430 and its attachments for the complete requirements, quotation instructions, and applicable terms and conditions.

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (FDA OFFICE OF ACQ GRANT SVCS), same product/service code (PSC) 6640.

Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $323K to $416K, median $397K; range $123K to $454K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
TURBOFIL PACKAGING MACHINES, LLC1$454KSep 24, 2026
CAPITOL CARBONIC CORP1$403KJan 6, 2025
Atlantic For Services Inc1$390KJan 2, 2025
Z-SPEC, INC.1$123KAug 21, 2026

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