Condiments - Worcestershire Sauce & Mustard

Georgia Correctional Industries (GCI), a state agency procurement entity within Barrow County, Georgia, solicited bids for condiments through Request for Quotation (RFQ) Number GCI0001073 to procure Worcestershire sauce and mustard according to specified quantities and quality standards. The procurement required 2,688 units of Worcestershire sauce (individual units) and 1,200 cases of mustard, with delivery included in all line item pricing and F.O.B. Destination to Warehouse 1 - FDU Dry Storage located at 800 Abattoir Road, Milledgeville, Georgia 31061. All vendors were required to accept NET 30 payment terms and meet a two-week delivery timeline. The solicitation was issued as a single or multiple award opportunity, allowing GCI flexibility in vendor selection based on pricing and responsiveness to specifications. The bid closing date was December 18, 2025, with the Notice of Award posted on December 29, 2025. Nine vendors submitted bids, with unit pricing for Worcestershire sauce ranging from $3.385 to $14.50 per unit and mustard pricing ranging from $17.18 to $72.50 per case; all responding vendors indicated no deviations to specifications, acknowledged no addenda, offered no discounts, and requested no reciprocal preference.

The procurement resulted in a single award to Shaver Foods LLC, the lowest responsive bidder, with a combined contract value of $29,714.88, comprised of $9,098.88 for Worcestershire sauce and $20,616.00 for mustard. Eight unsuccessful offerors—Robbins Sales Co Inc, JNS Foods Inc, National Food Group, Plated Pleasures Hospitality Group LLC, Cratl Cargo Services LLC, Kilimanjava Coffee House LLC, Siak Enterprise LLC, and Churchfield Trading Co—were deemed non-responsive for not submitting the lowest bids. No specific set-aside designations, disadvantaged enterprise restrictions, or technology integration requirements were identified in the solicitation documents. The procurement was managed by Issuing Officer Kesi Bates, GCPM, GCPCA, with the Procurement Division of the Georgia Department of Administrative Services overseeing the award process. All protests regarding the award must be submitted electronically to ross.barrineau@gdc.ga.gov within the specified protest period established by Georgia procurement regulations.