Plumbing repair parts

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Contracts and Procurement Department is seeking bids for a purchase order to procure specific plumbing parts for the Luther Stainless Steel Factory in Navasota, Texas. The solicitation, numbered IM235099, requires vendors to provide four distinct plumbing components: 40,000 Sloan Royal 1.6 GFF closet flush valves, 35,000 Milloughby dual temperature metering valves with pushbutton assembly, 15,000 American Standard beehive urinal strainer assemblies, and 15,000 tubular P-traps. The procurement process requires electronic bid submission to bids@tdcj.texas.gov, with hard copies also accepted, and all bids must be submitted by November 20, 2025, at 3:00 PM. Vendors must provide quotes with prepaid freight on an FOB destination basis and specify delivery timeframes. Questions regarding the solicitation are due by November 12, 2025, at 3:00 PM, with answers posted as an amendment on November 13, 2025. The State reserves the right to award contracts based on low item bid, low total of items, or any combination that best serves state interests.

No specific set-aside designations or restrictions for disadvantaged enterprises are mentioned in the solicitation. The procurement does, however, include compliance requirements with Texas laws, including preferences for Texas-produced goods, recycled materials, and products from economically depressed areas. Bidders must certify compliance with suspension, debarment, and terrorism-related restrictions, and acknowledge terms including indemnification and public information act disclosures. The bid prices are requested to be firm for thirty days from the response due date, and all documents must be submitted in Microsoft Office or Adobe PDF formats, with email attachments limited to 10 MB. While no specific budget range is explicitly stated, the volume of parts (40,000 flush valves, 35,000 metering valves, 15,000 urinal strainers, and 15,000 P-traps) suggests a substantial procurement value for the TDCJ.