Ramen Noodles, Low Sodium, Chicken, 25% Less Sodium Than Regular, Delivery Zone 5, Huntsville, TX…

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division awarded a term contract to Keefe Group, LLC for the procurement of food products for commissary operations. The prime contractor, based in St. Louis, Missouri, was tasked with supplying 6,960 cases of Maruchan Low Sodium Chicken Ramen Noodles to the Huntsville Commissary Warehouse in Huntsville, Texas. Each case contains 24 individual 3-ounce items, with a unit price of $8.29 per case, resulting in a cumulative contract value of $57,698.40. The purchase order was issued on May 22, 2026, with an expected delivery date of June 5, 2026, and a commissary warehouse delivery date of June 18, 2026.

The contract falls under Texas's term procurement framework (Contract 300-CM) and includes a minimum order requirement of 100 cases per shipment. As a state agency procurement, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice claimed exemption from federal excise taxes and state and local sales taxes under Texas Tax Code Section 151.309(4). The procurement was managed by the Institutional Division (Agency Division 696) with procurement oversight by Guadalupe Gomez, and billing directed to TDCJ Accounts Payable.