"New" Anton Paar Multiwave 5001 microwave digestion system or equivalent

The FDA's Office of Cosmetics and Colors, Division of Color Certification and Technology seeks a new Anton Paar Multiwave 5001 microwave digestion system or equivalent, including rotor, vessels, accessories, delivery, installation, onsite training, warranty, and preventive maintenance support, with quotations due August 20, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time and questions due August 17 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. This is a firm-fixed-price commercial products procurement under FAR Part 12 with no small business set-aside.

Place of performance is 9591 Baltimore Ave, College Park, Maryland. The NAICS code is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a 1,000-employee small business size standard.

The system must be new (not used, refurbished, or demonstration) and capable of digesting FDA-regulated color additive and cosmetic samples in concentrated acids for trace element analysis and ICP-MS. Technical specifications require processing at least 20 samples simultaneously in 50–80 mL vessels (disposable glass, Teflon, quartz), maintaining temperatures up to 300°C and pressures up to 100 bar, contactless temperature and pressure sensors, magnetic stirring, forced-air cooling, and solvent extraction capability. The contractor must deliver and install within six weeks of award or per the quoter's proposal, provide one-day onsite end-user training for up to three personnel covering operation, maintenance, software, and cleaning, furnish one-year manufacturer's warranty with one annual preventive maintenance visit, and offer two optional warranty years with unlimited onsite visits and phone support at no additional cost. All travel, parts, labor, consumables, installation, demonstration chemicals and reagents, and insured shipping are the contractor's responsibility.

Evaluation applies a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) criterion with Technical Acceptability (Acceptable/Unacceptable), Past Performance (Acceptable/Unacceptable/Neutral), and Price. Quotations must remain valid for 120 calendar days. Offerors must complete a Buy American Act certification, submit past performance references from the last five years (up to three references), and provide a Service Contract Labor Standards exemption certification.