Pencil, Wooden, Grade 2 Lead, Soft, 144/Gross, Plus Freight Order Less Than $25 and 1 more item

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), Agency 529, awarded a purchase order to WorkQuest, Inc. for office supplies with a total contract value of $58.95. The award was issued on June 16, 2026, and encompasses two line items: 2 grosses of wooden pencils with Grade 2 lead at a unit price of $15.75 per gross ($31.50 total), and 9 packages of A-Z multi-color index tabs (8.5" x 11" white heavy weight) at a unit price of $3.05 per package ($27.45 total). The place of performance is the HHSC San Antonio facility, with delivery scheduled for June 30, 2026 for the index tabs and July 16, 2026 for the pencils.

The prime contractor, WorkQuest, Inc., is located in Austin, Texas. The purchase order was processed under existing term contracts (Contract 615-S1 for index tabs and Contract 620-S1 for pencils) with Ron Connell serving as the purchasing agency contact and Charles Ago handling accounts payable. The State of Texas claimed exemption from all federal excise taxes and state and city sales taxes under Texas Tax Code Section 151.309(4).