Bologna

Georgia Correctional Industries (GCI), operating under the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, issued a Request for Quote (RFQ) solicitation numbered GCI0001069 for the procurement of bologna products. The procurement sought 80,000 pounds of bologna with delivery required within two weeks of award to Warehouse 3 - FDU Cold Storage Warehouse located at 800 Abattoir Road in Milledgeville, Georgia, on an F.O.B. Destination basis. All suppliers were required to include delivery costs in their line item pricing. The solicitation closed on November 21, 2025, with bid tabulation completed on November 24, 2025, and a Notice of Intent to Award issued on the same date. Evaluation criteria centered on price competitiveness, with the lowest responsive bid selected as the apparent successful offeror. All responsive vendors indicated no deviations from specifications, no acknowledged addenda, and no exceptions to contract terms, with all offering NET 30 payment terms and two-week delivery timelines. The procurement officer responsible for this solicitation was Kesi Bates, GCPM, GCPCA, who can be contacted at Kesi.bates@gdc.ga.gov, with all protests to be submitted electronically to ross.barrineau@gdc.ga.gov.

Nine vendors submitted bids for this bologna procurement, with no indication of set-aside designations or restrictions limiting participation to specific business categories or disadvantaged enterprises in the available documentation. JNS Foods Inc was selected as the apparent successful offeror with a fixed contract award amount of $116,688.00, representing the lowest responsive bid at $1.4586 per pound. The unsuccessful offerors included Robbins Sales Co Inc ($1.4586 per pound, $116,688.00), Good Source Solutions Inc ($1.52 per pound, $121,600.00), National Food Group ($1.564 per pound, $125,120.00), Churchfield Trading Co, The Food Exchange LLC, and The B2G Group ($5.00 per pound, $400,000.00), with rejection based on bids not being the lowest submitted for the RFQ. The award amounts are identified as estimates only, as this procurement involves an open agency contract structure with the State reserving the right to identify primary and secondary awardees if applicable. The end-user for this procurement was identified as the Foodservice department under Bobby Wiseman's authorization.