Breakfast Patty

Georgia Correctional Industries (GCI), operating under the State of Georgia's Division of Administrative Services, issued a Request for Quotation (RFQ GCI0001075) for the procurement of breakfast patties to supply the Food Service department under the direction of Bobby Wiseman. The solicitation sought 80,000 pounds of breakfast patties (NIGP Code 38542) with delivery to the FDU Cold Storage Warehouse located at 800 Abattoir Road in Milledgeville, Georgia 31061, on an F.O.B. Destination basis. All suppliers were required to include delivery costs in their line item pricing as part of their bid submissions. The procurement closed on December 19, 2025, with bid tabulation completed on December 28, 2025, followed by the issuance of a Notice of Intent to Award on December 29, 2025, and a final Notice of Award posted on January 5, 2026. Evaluation criteria focused on price competitiveness, with the lowest responsive bidder being selected as the successful offeror. All responsive bidders were required to confirm compliance with specifications, offer NET 30 payment terms, and provide 30-day delivery timeframes, with no acknowledged addendums, deviations, discounts, or exceptions to contract terms permitted.

Six vendors submitted bids for this procurement, with The Smooth Sailing Group submitting the lowest bid at $1.80 per pound ($144,000.00 total), though documentation indicates conflicting information regarding the ultimate award recipient. The Bid Tabulation Sheet identifies The Smooth Sailing Group as the awarded vendor, while both the Notice of Intent to Award and Notice of Award documents identify Good Source Solutions Inc as the successful offeror with the same fixed contract amount of $144,000.00, creating apparent discrepancies in the award documentation. The unsuccessful offerors included Churchfield Trading Co at $1.87 per pound, Good Source Solutions Inc at $3.78 per pound, Victory 1 Transport LLC at $3.899 per pound, and National Food Group at $4.24 per pound, all rejected on the basis of not submitting the lowest bid. No set-asides or restrictions on organization types were noted in the solicitation documents. Protests regarding the award must be submitted electronically to ross.barrineau@gdc.ga.gov, and the procurement officer overseeing this solicitation is Kesi Bates, GCPM, GCPCA, who may be contacted at Kesi.bates@gdc.ga.gov. The contract amount was estimated at $144,000.00, with the award identified as an open agency contract subject to primary and secondary awardee designations.