Paper Mate Profile Retractable Ballpoint Pens, Bold Point, 1.4 Mm, Translucent Black Barrel, Black… and 2 more items

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), a state agency based in Austin, awarded a purchase order to ODP Business Solutions, LLC, a Boca Raton, Florida-based contractor, on September 18, 2026, under Term Contract 615-C1. The contract, valued at $68.46, covers the procurement of writing instruments for TxDOT's Deaf Smith County Maintenance facility in Hereford, Texas. The line items include three dozen Paper Mate Profile Retractable Ballpoint Pens (Bold Point, 1.4 mm, black ink) at $22.23; one dozen Sharpie S Gel Pens (Medium Point, 0.7 mm, black ink) at $12.98; and one box of thirty-six Pilot G2 Retractable Gel Pens (Fine Point, 0.7 mm, black ink) at $33.25.

Delivery was scheduled for September 21, 2026, at the Hereford facility between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday, excluding state and federal holidays. The procurement was processed by Nina Araujo of TxDOT's central office (Agency 601) through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division. As a state entity, TxDOT is exempt from federal excise taxes and state and city sales taxes. The contractor was responsible for prepaying freight charges, which were to be added as a separate line item to the purchase order.