Food Products, Commissary

Highland Beefalo Farms, Inc., a Reston, Virginia-based supplier, was awarded a term contract by the State of Texas, Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division (Agency No. 696) for the provision of food products. Under Purchase Order No. 26208176, dated February 4, 2026, the contractor is supplying 480 cases of Meat and Cheese Stick Combo products (Beef and Cheddar variety) at a unit price of $87.12 per case, for a cumulative contract value of $41,817.60. Each case contains 72 packages of 2-ounce products, with a minimum order quantity of 200 cases per order. The goods are manufactured by Highland Beef Farms under MPN OW196.

Performance of this contract involves delivery of the ordered inventory to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Huntsville Commissary Warehouse in Huntsville, Texas, with a scheduled delivery date of February 18, 2026 and a standard delivery window of 14 days. The contract is processed through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' Statewide Procurement Division, with Guadalupe Gomez serving as the agency purchaser. As a state purchase, the order is exempt from federal excise taxes and state and local sales taxes under Texas Tax Code Section 151.309(4).