Food Products, Commissary

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division awarded a term contract to New England Country Foods LLC, based in Manchester Village, Vermont, for the supply of food products for institutional commissary operations. The contract, identified as 300-CM and issued as Purchase Order No. 26213665 on March 11, 2026, encompasses the delivery of cream-filled sandwich cookies in seasonal varieties to the Beeville Commissary Warehouse in Beeville, Texas. The specific product consists of 1,680 cases of cookies manufactured by Good Eats, available in Carrot Cake, Confetti, Maple, Pumpkin Spice, and Raspberry flavors, with each case containing 24 items weighing 13.1 ounces per item. The contract has a cumulative value of $38,018.40, calculated at $22.63 per case, with scheduled delivery by March 23, 2026.

The contract represents a food procurement arrangement subject to the term contract framework under Texas procurement regulations. The contracting organization coordinated the award through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Statewide Procurement Division, with internal contact Sylvia Gurrola managing the purchasing function. Delivery coordination is assigned to Wendy Brown at the Beeville facility. Texas's tax-exempt status under Texas Tax Code Section 151.309(4) applies to this transaction, eliminating applicable federal excise taxes and state and local sales taxes from the contract considerations.