Contracting office · Federal Prison Industries / Unicor

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC obligated $190K on federal contracts in FY2026 across 3 contract actions (0% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER & POWER ($120K).

Obligations · FY2026
$190K
Actions
3
New awards: 3
Sole-source
84%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 13KFY2017
  2. 1.7MFY2018
  3. 146.7KFY2019
  4. 166.9KFY2020
  5. 167.6KFY2021
  6. 128.7KFY2022
  7. 139.1KFY2023
  8. 11.5KFY2024
  9. 190KFY2025
  10. 190KFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER & POWER$120K63%
  2. ARAKELIAN ENTERPRISES, INC$40K21%
  3. AMERIGAS PROPANE, L.P.$30K16%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$160K84%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$30K16%

Where the work was performed

  1. California$160K84%
  2. Pennsylvania$30K16%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition84%
    US 39% · $160K
  • Sole-source awards84%
    US 30% · $160K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.0% · $0
  • 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. ELECTRICITY AND WATER FOR TERMINAL ISLAND UNICOR RECYCLING OPERATION$120K
    LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER & POWER· Los Angeles County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Nov 17, 2025 – Nov 17, 2025· 15UTER26P00000002
  2. TRASH COLLECTION$40K
    ARAKELIAN ENTERPRISES, INC· Los Angeles County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Jan 5, 2026 – Jan 5, 2026· 15UTER26P00000021
  3. PROPANE$30K
    AMERIGAS PROPANE, L.P.· Montgomery County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 17, 2025 – Nov 17, 2025· 15UTER26F00000001

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.