Contracting office · Federal Prison Industries / Unicor

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC obligated $6.7M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 125 contract actions (−41% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was NIGHTINGALE CORP ($4.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$6.7M
Actions
125
New awards: 119
Sole-source
53%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 11.6MFY2017
  2. 5.7MFY2018
  3. 5.9MFY2019
  4. 7.4MFY2020
  5. 7.8MFY2021
  6. 4.1MFY2022
  7. 14.6MFY2023
  8. 14.3MFY2024
  9. 11.4MFY2025
  10. 6.7MFY2026
  11. 718.8KFY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. NIGHTINGALE CORP$4.2M63%
  2. KRUEGER INTERNATIONAL, INC.$1.2M19%
  3. HUMANSCALE CORPORATION$729.1K11%
  4. SIGMA SUPPLY OF NORTH AMERICA LLC$120K1.8%
  5. LEATHER RESOURCE OF AMERICA, INC$106K1.6%
  6. MAYER-PAETZ, INC$102.3K1.5%
  7. DSI INDUSTRIES INC.$64.1K1.0%
  8. CFE EQUIPMENT CORPORATION$37.8K0.6%
  9. SJR-JLC, LLC$24.2K0.4%
  10. HARDWARENOW LLC$15K0.2%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$6.7M99.6%
  2. Education & social services$24.2K0.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$4.3M64%
  2. Wisconsin$1.2M19%
  3. New York$729.1K11%
  4. Arkansas$120K1.8%
  5. Ohio$106K1.6%
  6. Indiana$102.3K1.5%
  7. Virginia$37.8K0.6%
  8. Pennsylvania$24.2K0.4%
  9. Louisiana$15K0.2%
  10. Oregon$14.6K0.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition54%
    US 39% · $3.6M
  • Sole-source awards53%
    US 30% · $3.6M
  • Single-offer competitions1.2%
    US 8.7% · $77.7K
  • Urgency justifications19%
    US 5.1% · $1.2M
  • Year-end rush4.9%
    US 6.0% · $326.3K
  • 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. OFFICE SEATING RAW MATERIALS$371.5K
    NIGHTINGALE CORP· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 12, 2026· 15UALL26F00000650
  2. OFFICE SEATING RAW MATERIALS$259K
    NIGHTINGALE CORP· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 15, 2025 – Oct 15, 2025· 15UALL26F00000013
  3. OFFICE SEATING RAW MATERIALS$195K
    NIGHTINGALE CORP· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· 15UALL26F00000652
  4. NIGHTINGALE OPEN MARKET$191K
    HUMANSCALE CORPORATION· New York County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· May 8, 2026 – May 8, 2026· 15UALL26P00000408
  5. OFFICE SEATING RAW MATERIALS$187.2K
    NIGHTINGALE CORP· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 26, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· 15UALL26F00000711
  6. OFFICE SEATING RAW MATERIALS$176.9K
    NIGHTINGALE CORP· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 1, 2025 – Oct 1, 2025· 15UALL26F00000002
  7. OFFICE SEATING RAW MATERIALS$169.8K
    NIGHTINGALE CORP· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 10, 2026 – Jun 10, 2026· 15UALL26F00000482
  8. OFFICE SEATING RAW MATERIALS$169.6K
    NIGHTINGALE CORP· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 24, 2026 – Apr 24, 2026· 15UALL26F00000369

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.