Confectioner Sugar

The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), through Georgia Correctional Industries (GCI), solicited bids for the procurement of Confectioner Sugar under Solicitation No. GCI0001079, with the procurement jurisdiction being Barrow County, Georgia. The commodity procurement required the delivery of 1,672 cases of confectioner sugar to Warehouse 1 - FDU Dry Storage located at 800 Abattoir Road in Milledgeville, Georgia, with all delivery costs to be included in the line item pricing under F.O.B. Destination terms. The bid closing date was January 16, 2026, with the Notice of Award issued on January 20, 2026. All responsive bidders were required to acknowledge no deviations from specifications, confirm no exceptions to contract terms, and adhere to standard payment terms of NET 30 with a two-week delivery timeframe. The evaluation criteria focused on responsive bidding with the lowest bid serving as the primary award determination factor, as evidenced by the selection of the lowest responsive bidder.

No set-aside designations or restrictions on vendor types were noted in the procurement documents, indicating the solicitation was open to all qualified suppliers. Churchfield Trading Co was selected as the successful offeror with a fixed contract award amount of $26,919.20, representing a unit price of $16.10 per case—the lowest bid among the twelve vendors that submitted proposals. The unsuccessful bidders included Robbins Sales Co Inc, Shaver Foods LLC, JNS Foods Inc, Advanced Commodities Inc, Kilimanjava Coffee House LLC, MARS Public Relations Ltd Co., Hoopoe Labs Inc, Pro1 Trading LLC, and Quintessential Management LLC, whose bids ranged from $26,919.20 to $100,738.00 for the total quantity. The procurement officer managing this solicitation was Kesi Bates, GCPM, GCPCA, with the End User/Authorized department being Food Service under Bobby Wiseman. Any protests regarding this award were required to be submitted electronically via email to ross.barrineau@gdc.ga.gov.