Hard Candy, Sticks, Flavor: Mint Stick, Rainbow Stick, Cinnamon Stick, Delivery Zone 5…

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division awarded a purchase order (Contract No. 300-CM-26288981) to Atkinson Candy Company, based in Lufkin, Texas, on July 9, 2026. The contract value totals $48,096.00 for the delivery of 1,152 cases of hard candy sticks to the Huntsville Commissary Warehouse in Huntsville, Texas. The candy products include three flavors—Mint Stick, Rainbow Stick, and Cinnamon Stick—with each case containing 504 individual 1-ounce items. The unit price is $41.75 per case, with a minimum order quantity of 480 cases.

Delivery is scheduled for August 10, 2026, with an agreed delivery window of 30 days from the purchase order issuance. As a classified term contract, this award represents a single purchase order placed under an existing contract framework. The State of Texas is exempt from applicable Federal Excise Taxes and State and City Sales Taxes under Texas Tax Code Section 151.309(4). Billing and accounts payable matters are directed to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Accounts Payable division, with Guadalupe Gomez designated as the agency purchaser.