Food Products, Commissary

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division awarded a term contract to Keefe Group, LLC, a St. Louis, Missouri-based food service supplier, for the delivery of low-sodium Maruchan ramen noodles to the Beeville Commissary in Beeville, Texas. The contract, issued on January 27, 2026, encompasses two line items totaling 6,960 cases of ramen noodles: 3,480 cases of low-sodium chicken flavor and 3,480 cases of low-sodium spicy vegetable flavor. Each case contains 24 individual items of 3 ounces per item, with a unit price of $8.29 per case for both varieties. The cumulative contract value is $57,698.40.

Performance under this term contract involves delivery of the ramen noodles to the Beeville Commissary with a scheduled warehouse delivery date of February 27, 2026. The purchase order was placed on January 27, 2026, with an Allowed Reasonable Order period of 14 days. As property purchased exclusively for use by the State of Texas, the transaction is exempt from state and city sales taxes under Texas Tax Code Section 151.309(4). Billing for the contract is directed to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Accounts Payable office in Huntsville, Texas.