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

The State of Texas, through the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division, awarded a purchase order (Contract No. 27007291) to Atkinson Candy Company, a vendor based in Lufkin, Texas, on October 13, 2026. The contract calls for the delivery of 1,152 cases of hard candy sticks in three flavors—Mint Stick, Rainbow Stick, and Cinnamon Stick—to the Huntsville Commissary Warehouse in Huntsville, Texas, with a scheduled delivery date of November 12, 2026. Each case contains 504 individual 1-ounce items, with a unit price of $51.93 per case.

The cumulative contract value is $59,823.36. This procurement falls under contract 300-CM, identified as a term contract, and represents a purchase of tangible personal property for exclusive state use. The transaction is exempt from Federal Excise Taxes and state and city sales taxes under Texas Tax Code Section 151.309(4). Purchasing authority for this award was exercised by Guadalupe Gomez, purchasing agent with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division, with billing directed to TDCJ Accounts Payable in Huntsville, Texas.