ESBD_410922_1745949729370_696-AG-25-B026 SOL.pdf

This is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Invitation for Bid (IFB) for cotton ginning services, solicitation number 696-AG-25-B026, issued on April 29, 2025, with a bid deadline of May 28, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. CT. The TDCJ is seeking a contractor to provide cotton ginning services for approximately 0 to 3,200 acres of cotton across two central area farms: Pack/Luther Unit in Grimes County, Navasota, Texas (1,100 acres) and Buffalo Ranch in Burleson County, Snook, Texas (2,100 acres). The contract term is from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026, with options to renew for three additional one-year periods through August 31, 2029.

The bid requires contractors to perform various services including transporting cotton modules from fields to gins, testing cottonseed for aflatoxin, potentially selling cottonseed at market rates, providing standard tags and marking ink, and furnishing full names of module truck operators. The pricing schedule includes line items for ginning charges based on hundredweight of seed cotton, hauling charges per module, USDA cotton classing fees, credits for low aflatoxin cottonseed, and charges for loading bales onto TDCJ trucks. The solicitation includes a 26% Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) subcontracting goal for the "All Other Services Contracts" category, and bidders must submit a completed HUB Subcontracting Plan with their proposal. Bidders must also complete a non-employee background questionnaire and comply with various state and federal regulations.