Contracting office · Federal Prison Industries / Unicor
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC obligated $7.2M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 57 contract actions (−1.9% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND ($2.2M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $7.2M
- Actions
- 57
- New awards: 56
- Sole-source
- 35%
- Small business
- —
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 2.2MFY2017
- 6.1MFY2018
- 11.9MFY2019
- 15.6MFY2020
- 10.2MFY2021
- 12.4MFY2022
- 14.2MFY2023
- 12.3MFY2024
- 7.3MFY2025
- 7.2MFY2026
Top recipients
Obligations in FY2026.
- MILLIKEN & COMPANY$2M27%
- BRAND & OPPENHEIMER CO INC$1.3M18%
- BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES LLC$333.3K4.6%
- GERBER TECHNOLOGY LLC$188K2.6%
- MCCOMB INDUSTRIES, LLLP$162.8K2.3%
- PRIMALOFT, INC.$134.8K1.9%
- INSECT SHIELD LLC$134.1K1.9%
- BROOKWOOD COMPANIES INCORPORATED$99K1.4%
- PINE BELT PROCESSING INC$75.7K1.1%
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$5.7M79%
- Health & medical$1.4M19%
- Construction & real property$51.5K0.7%
- Facilities & utilities$45.5K0.6%
- IT & telecom$20.5K0.3%
Where the work was performed
- Maryland$2.2M30%
- North Carolina$2M28%
- Minnesota$967.2K13%
- South Carolina$736.4K10%
- Rhode Island$460.2K6.4%
- Connecticut$188K2.6%
- Alabama$148.6K2.1%
- Illinois$134.1K1.9%
- New York$116.9K1.6%
- Florida$99K1.4%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition45%US 39% · $3.3M
- Sole-source awards35%US 30% · $2.5M
- Single-offer competitions11%US 8.7% · $758.3K
- Urgency justifications2.4%US 5.1% · $172.8K
- Year-end rush15%US 6.0% · $1.1M
- 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
- MEDICAL GRADE FABRIC$804KMILLIKEN & COMPANY· Caldwell County, NC· Health & medical· Jun 30, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026· 15UBUT26F00000625
- VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$540.7KBLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 22, 2026 – Apr 22, 2026· 15UBUT26F00000478
- BRAND & OPPENHEIMER CO INC· Washington County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 2, 2026· 15UBUT26F00000736
- VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$340.5KBLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 7, 2025 – Oct 7, 2025· 15UBUT26F00000008
- VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$339.8KBLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 3, 2025 – Oct 3, 2025· 15UBUT26F00000003
- MEDICAL GRADE FABRIC$335KMILLIKEN & COMPANY· Caldwell County, NC· Health & medical· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026· 15UBUT26F00000763
- ASGU FABRIC FOR DLA ORDERS$332.3KBLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 2, 2026 – Feb 2, 2026· 15UBUT26P00000281
- BRAND & OPPENHEIMER CO INC· Washington County, MN· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 15, 2026 – Apr 15, 2026· 15UBUT26F00000432
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.
