Emergency Notice - IRCC Bread Contract

The Illinois Department of Corrections has executed an emergency contract for weekly sliced white bread shipments to all IDOC facilities, awarded to M.J. Kellner Co., Inc. on September 25, 2026, with an estimated total expenditure of $854,896.80. This is not a bidding opportunity — the emergency procurement was awarded directly following termination of the previous bread contract due to vendor performance issues.

The contract supplies weekly shipments of sliced white bread for meal service distribution to individuals in custody across the statewide IDOC facility network. M.J. Kellner Co., Inc. is located in Springfield, Illinois and was selected based on lowest price and ability to provide immediate delivery among four vendors contacted from the prior competitive bid (26-426DOC-ILRIV-B-49804).

The emergency contract maintains the 14% Business Enterprise Program participation goal established in the previous competitive procurement, with M.J. Kellner Co., Inc. agreeing to honor the BEP U-Plan submitted in their earlier bid response. The contract will remain in effect until IDOC establishes a new competitively procured bread contract through standard procurement procedures. Funding is through State Appropriated Funds. An Emergency Final Cost form will be submitted by the state agency and published by the State Purchasing Officer no later than the tenth day of the succeeding month.