Juice, Cranberry Juice Cocktail, Shelf Stable, Minimum 10% Fruit Juice, Delivery Zone 1, Beeville… and 1 more item

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division awarded a purchase order (No. 26269652) to The Royal Pacific Tea Company Inc. on June 15, 2026, for the supply of shelf-stable beverages totaling $12,048.00. The contract encompasses two beverage line items: 300 cases of 100% orange juice at $21.67 per case ($6,501.00) and 300 cases of cranberry juice cocktail containing a minimum of 10% fruit juice at $18.49 per case ($5,547.00). Each case contains 24 individual items of 11.5 ounces. The items are sourced from Florida's Natural and are being procured under the existing Contract 300-CM, a term contract with a seven-day delivery requirement.

Performance of this contract is centered in Beeville, Texas, where the beverages are being delivered to the Beeville Commissary with billing directed to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' Statewide Procurement Division. Both line items are designated for Delivery Zone 1 and require a minimum order quantity of 100 cases. The purchase order was processed by Guadalupe Gomez of the Statewide Procurement Division, with delivery expected approximately June 22, 2026. The State of Texas is claiming sales tax exemption under Texas Tax Code Section 151.309(4).