Continental US Ground - OB

FedEx Corporate Services, Inc., headquartered at 900 7th Street NW, Suite 550, Washington, D.C., has been awarded a contract to provide Continental US Ground shipping services to Texas A&M AgriLife Research (Agency 556) under Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division. The contract, identified as 26317522, was awarded on August 3, 2026, with a cumulative value of $18.12. The purchase order, classified as a term contract under National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) Code 96224, specifies delivery on the date of award with zero days after receipt of order.

The contract encompasses a single unit of Continental US Ground shipping services at a unit price of $18.12. Texas A&M AgriLife Research, as the contracting organization, is the place of performance for this logistics arrangement. The State of Texas has claimed an exemption from sales and excise taxes under Texas Tax Code Section 151.309(4) for this purchase of tangible personal property for exclusive state use. This offline sale purchase order represents a discrete shipping service requirement fulfilled through the existing term contract relationship between the state and the carrier.