Contracting office · Federal Prison Industries / Unicor

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC obligated $5.2M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 70 contract actions (+37% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was NIGHTINGALE CORP ($4.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$5.2M
Actions
70
New awards: 67
Sole-source
32%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 11.1MFY2017
  2. 14.4MFY2018
  3. 12.9MFY2019
  4. 9.2MFY2020
  5. 10.2MFY2021
  6. 6.9MFY2022
  7. 3.5MFY2023
  8. 415.7KFY2024
  9. 3.8MFY2025
  10. 5.2MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. NIGHTINGALE CORP$4.2M81%
  2. KRUEGER INTERNATIONAL, INC.$521K10%
  3. HUMANSCALE CORPORATION$238.3K4.6%
  4. SIGMA SUPPLY OF NORTH AMERICA LLC$179.4K3.5%
  5. MAYER-PAETZ, INC$32.9K0.6%
  6. LEATHER RESOURCE OF AMERICA, INC$30.6K0.6%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$5.2M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$4.2M81%
  2. Wisconsin$521K10%
  3. New York$238.3K4.6%
  4. Arkansas$179.4K3.5%
  5. Indiana$32.9K0.6%
  6. Ohio$30.6K0.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition33%
    US 39% · $1.7M
  • Sole-source awards32%
    US 30% · $1.6M
  • Single-offer competitions1.4%
    US 8.7% · $71.8K
  • Urgency justifications14%
    US 5.1% · $727.5K
  • Year-end rush15%
    US 6.0% · $749.3K
  • 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$433.9K
    NIGHTINGALE CORP· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 12, 2026· 15UBEC26F00000377
  2. OFFICE SEATING RAW MATERIALS$300K
    NIGHTINGALE CORP· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 14, 2025 – Oct 14, 2025· 15UBEC26F00000021
  3. OFFICE SEATING RAW MATERIALS$271.6K
    NIGHTINGALE CORP· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 7, 2025 – Oct 7, 2025· 15UBEC26F00000001
  4. OFFICE SEATING RAW MATERIALS$249.4K
    NIGHTINGALE CORP· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 15UBEC26F00000441
  5. OFFICE SEATING RAW MATERIALS$210.4K
    NIGHTINGALE CORP· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 4, 2026· 15UBEC26F00000371
  6. OFFICE SEATING RAW MATERIALS$208.1K
    NIGHTINGALE CORP· Other equipment & supplies· May 8, 2026 – May 8, 2026· 15UBEC26F00000246
  7. OFFICE SEATING RAW MATERIALS$202K
    NIGHTINGALE CORP· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 25, 2026 – Aug 25, 2026· 15UBEC26F00000401
  8. OFFICE SEATING RAW MATERIALS$187.2K
    NIGHTINGALE CORP· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 26, 2026 – Mar 26, 2026· 15UBEC26F00000201

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.