Contracting office · Federal Prison Industries / Unicor

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC obligated $2.6M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 78 contract actions (−8.4% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was BIRCHLAND PLYWOOD - VENEER LIMITED ($471.7K).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.6M
Actions
78
New awards: 65
Sole-source
16%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.2MFY2017
  2. 2.1MFY2018
  3. 2.6MFY2019
  4. 2.2MFY2020
  5. 2.1MFY2021
  6. 2.7MFY2022
  7. 6.1MFY2023
  8. 3.1MFY2024
  9. 2.8MFY2025
  10. 2.6MFY2026
  11. 179KFY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. BIRCHLAND PLYWOOD - VENEER LIMITED$471.7K18%
  2. PROGRESSIVE SERVICES CORP$376K15%
  3. ADVANTEK MACHINERY, LLC$343.4K13%
  4. THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY$337.3K13%
  5. HUMANSCALE CORPORATION$317.8K12%
  6. G - L VENEER CO., INC.$137.8K5.4%
  7. J G EDELEN CO INC$122.1K4.8%
  8. FORMICA CORPORATION$116.4K4.5%
  9. WHEELAND LUMBER CO. INC.$112.7K4.4%
  10. SIGMA SUPPLY OF NORTH AMERICA LLC$55.4K2.2%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$2.6M99%
  2. Transportation & logistics$17K0.7%

Where the work was performed

  1. Ohio$479.3K19%
  2. Abroad$471.7K18%
  3. Oregon$409K16%
  4. Tennessee$343.4K13%
  5. New York$284.2K11%
  6. California$137.8K5.4%
  7. Maryland$122.1K4.8%
  8. Pennsylvania$94.7K3.7%
  9. Arkansas$87.4K3.4%
  10. Louisiana$53.4K2.1%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition58%
    US 39% · $1.5M
  • Sole-source awards16%
    US 30% · $421.5K
  • Single-offer competitions41%
    US 8.7% · $1.1M
  • Urgency justifications16%
    US 5.1% · $402.5K
  • Year-end rush24%
    US 6.1% · $614.9K
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. BELT SANDER$343.4K
    ADVANTEK MACHINERY, LLC· Shelby County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 30, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026· 15UF0R26P00000817
  2. EDGE BANDING MACHINE$228.5K
    STILES MACHINERY INC· St. Francis County, AR· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 1, 2025 – Nov 17, 2025· 15UF0R25P00000704
  3. PLYWOOD$164.2K
    BIRCHLAND PLYWOOD - VENEER LIMITED· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 9, 2026 – Jul 9, 2026· 15UF0R26P00000510
  4. PLYWOOD$128.6K
    BIRCHLAND PLYWOOD - VENEER LIMITED· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· 15UF0R26P00000827
  5. PLYWOOD$119.7K
    BIRCHLAND PLYWOOD - VENEER LIMITED· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 2, 2025 – Oct 2, 2025· 15UF0R26P00000006
  6. PARTICLEBOARD$87.9K
    PROGRESSIVE SERVICES CORP· Washington County, OR· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 1, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026· 15UF0R26F00000458
  7. PARTICLEBOARD$73.5K
    PROGRESSIVE SERVICES CORP· Washington County, OR· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 24, 2026 – Jul 28, 2026· 15UF0R26F00000548
  8. PAINT FOR FPI FORREST CITY$70.5K
    THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY· Cuyahoga County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 28, 2026 – Aug 28, 2026· 15UF0R26P00000726

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.