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FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC obligated $2.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 37 contract actions (+0.6% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was CENTRAL LAKE ARMOR EXPRESS INC ($688.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.1M
Actions
37
New awards: 37
Sole-source
36%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 7MFY2017
  2. 10.3MFY2018
  3. 3.2MFY2019
  4. 24.6MFY2020
  5. 1.8MFY2021
  6. 2MFY2022
  7. 9.2MFY2023
  8. 1.4MFY2024
  9. 2MFY2025
  10. 2.1MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. CENTRAL LAKE ARMOR EXPRESS INC$688.6K33%
  2. BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND$344K17%
  3. C & M INDUSTRIES LLC$267.8K13%
  4. K&W WEBBING COMPANY$202.9K9.8%
  5. BROOKWOOD COMPANIES INCORPORATED$129.2K6.3%
  6. AMERICAN CORD & WEBBING CO INC$108.8K5.3%
  7. SX INDUSTRIES, INC$78.3K3.8%
  8. VELCRO USA INC$71K3.4%
  9. ATLANTA FORK LIFTS, INC.$42.1K2.0%
  10. FASNAP CORP$30.2K1.5%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$2.1M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Mississippi$1.3M62%
  2. Maryland$303.3K15%
  3. North Carolina$227.5K11%
  4. New York$144.9K7.0%
  5. Massachusetts$78.3K3.8%
  6. Ohio$17.1K0.8%
  7. Kentucky$14K0.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition36%
    US 39% · $733.1K
  • Sole-source awards36%
    US 30% · $733.1K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush14%
    US 6.1% · $278.3K
  • 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. ZIPPERS$202.9K
    K&W WEBBING COMPANY· Granville County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 6, 2026 – Jan 6, 2026· 15UYAZ26F00000132
  2. BALLISTIC KITS FOR UNICOR YAZOO CITY$198.6K
    CENTRAL LAKE ARMOR EXPRESS INC· Yazoo County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 23, 2026 – Apr 23, 2026· 15UYAZ26F00000283
  3. SALES AGREEMENT COMMISSION$157.3K
    C & M INDUSTRIES LLC· Yazoo County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 13, 2025 – Nov 13, 2025· 15UYAZ26P00000051
  4. FABRIC NEEDED FOR OUR POLLOCK UNICOR$129.2K
    BROOKWOOD COMPANIES INCORPORATED· New York County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 11, 2026 – Feb 11, 2026· 15UYAZ26F00000182
  5. BALLISTIC KITS FOR UNICOR YAZOO CITY$124.9K
    CENTRAL LAKE ARMOR EXPRESS INC· Yazoo County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 23, 2026 – Apr 23, 2026· 15UYAZ26F00000232
  6. SALES AGREEMENT COMMISSION$110.5K
    C & M INDUSTRIES LLC· Yazoo County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 29, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 15UYAZ26P00000431
  7. BALLISTIC KITS FOR UNICOR YAZOO CITY$89.7K
    CENTRAL LAKE ARMOR EXPRESS INC· Yazoo County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 14, 2026 – Aug 14, 2026· 15UYAZ26F00000352
  8. BALLISTIC KITS FOR UNICOR YAZOO CITY$87.8K
    CENTRAL LAKE ARMOR EXPRESS INC· Yazoo County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 16, 2026 – Jun 16, 2026· 15UYAZ26F00000311

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.