Food Products, Commissary

The State of Texas, Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division (TDCJ-ID) awarded a term contract to Keefe Group, LLC for the provision of commissary food products, specifically cream-filled sandwich cookies. The contract, designated Term 26158240, was executed on January 20, 2026, with a cumulative value of $42,771.96. Performance is scheduled to conclude by August 31, 2025, with deliveries to the Beeville Commissary in Beeville, Texas, and statewide locations. The contract is managed through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' Statewide Procurement Division, under the authority of Guadalupe Gomez, agency purchaser.

The procurement consists of two line items totaling 2,772 cases of cream-filled sandwich cookies. Line Item 1 specifies 1,386 cases of Mrs. Bectors Foods cookies with combination vanilla cream filling designated for Delivery Zone 1 (Beeville, Texas) at $15.43 per case with a minimum order of 500 cases. Line Item 2 specifies 1,386 cases of Cremica cookies with vanilla-vanilla filling for statewide delivery at the same unit price of $15.43 per case with a minimum order of 400 cases. The purchase order is exempt from state and city sales taxes under Texas Tax Code Section 151.309(4), as the goods are for exclusive use by the State. Scheduled delivery to the commissary warehouse is March 6, 2026, with an agreed delivery window of 14 days.