Cotton Swabs; Delivery Statewide

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division awarded a purchase order (PO No. 26281644) to Sierra Group LLC, an Idaho-based supplier, on June 23, 2026. Under statewide term contract 680-A3, Sierra Group LLC was contracted to supply 300 cases of cotton swabs at a unit price of $67.75 per case, generating a cumulative contract value of $20,325.00. The cotton swabs, manufactured under Sierra's part number TSCJCS, are procured for statewide delivery with specific fulfillment directed to the Beeville Commissary in Beeville, Texas. The purchasing authority was the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Statewide Procurement Division, with Guadalupe Gomez designated as the agency purchaser.

The purchase order established a standard delivery timeline of 30 days from the order date, with a scheduled delivery date of July 23, 2026, and a commissary warehouse delivery deadline of July 29, 2026. Billing for the transaction was directed to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Accounts Payable division in Huntsville, Texas. The State of Texas claimed a sales tax exemption under Texas Tax Code Section 151.309(4), as the property was being purchased exclusively for use by a state agency. The contract represents a transactional procurement executed within the state's term contract framework for institutional supplies.