Cafeteria Food Products

The State of Texas, Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, awarded a term contract to Advanced Commodities, Inc. for the supply of frozen chicken leg quarters. The contract, designated as 300-CF and issued on February 2, 2026, has a cumulative value of $45,820.00 and runs through August 31, 2026. The specific purchase order (26207128) covers 2,000 cases of United States Department of Agriculture Grade B or Better frozen chicken leg quarters, manufactured by Pilgrims or Tyson, at a unit price of $22.91 per case, with delivery required by March 4, 2026.

The goods are to be delivered to the Cold and Dry Storage facility in Palestine, Texas, with billing directed to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Accounts Payable office in Huntsville, Texas. Advanced Commodities, Inc., located in Bartlett, Illinois, must place orders in increments of 1,000 cases and coordinate delivery arrangements with the receiving warehouse, requiring 24-hour advance notice prior to delivery. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division administered this procurement on behalf of the institutional division, and the State of Texas is exempt from applicable sales and excise taxes on this purchase.