The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a one-year, firm-fixed-price purchase order valued at $58,288.10 to Neu-Tec Group Inc. for the procurement of a spiral plater and colony counter system to support the FDA's Human Foods Program. The award, issued on September 16, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of September 22, 2026, was not designated as a set-aside contract. The equipment will be delivered to the FDA Gulf Coast Seafood Lab in Dauphin Island, Alabama, and includes an Eddy Jet 2W Automatic Spiral Plater, SphereFlash Automated Colony Counter with software, a laptop computer, a Plexiglass shelf, and a 12-month service agreement. This system will support the development, optimization, and validation of new Bacteriological Analytical Manual methods for detecting and quantifying thermotolerant Campylobacter in oysters, which is critical to the agency's seafood safety initiatives.
Neu-Tec Group Inc., a small business registered in the System for Award Management since 2005 and headquartered in Farmingdale, New York, was selected through a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable evaluation process following Request for Quotation no. 75F40125Q00183. The company specializes in supplying advanced analytical and laboratory instrumentation to civilian federal agencies, with an established track record of delivering specialized equipment to the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the FDA. The firm-fixed-price purchase order structure and delivery requirements demonstrate Neu-Tec's consistent ability to meet precise federal agency technical specifications and timely performance obligations.