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FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC obligated $5.3M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 92 contract actions (−29% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was BPD ENGINEERING, LLC ($2.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$5.3M
Actions
92
New awards: 71
Sole-source
7.6%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 11.8MFY2017
  2. 7.2MFY2018
  3. 13.5MFY2019
  4. 8.7MFY2020
  5. 24.2MFY2021
  6. 22.8MFY2022
  7. 9.2MFY2023
  8. 5.7MFY2024
  9. 7.4MFY2025
  10. 5.3MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. BPD ENGINEERING, LLC$2.5M48%
  2. ALBRIGHT STEEL & WIRE CO$909.1K17%
  3. RACO STEEL CO$603.8K11%
  4. NASHVILLE WIRE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING CO, LLC$409.8K7.8%
  5. OHIO GRATINGS, INC.$236.1K4.5%
  6. HOFFMAN AG SERVICES, INC.$119.5K2.3%
  7. QMF STEEL, INC.$89.3K1.7%
  8. AIRGAS USA, LLC$78.9K1.5%
  9. GOVAERA INC$42.9K0.8%
  10. ROSS SEED COMPANY$41.8K0.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$4.7M90%
  2. Equipment maintenance$340.6K6.5%
  3. Facilities & utilities$94.8K1.8%
  4. Professional services$43.5K0.8%
  5. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$42.9K0.8%

Where the work was performed

  1. Wisconsin$2.6M49%
  2. Illinois$1.5M29%
  3. Tennessee$409.8K7.8%
  4. Ohio$252.4K4.8%
  5. Oklahoma$191.3K3.6%
  6. Texas$147.2K2.8%
  7. Georgia$34.8K0.7%
  8. Maryland$25K0.5%
  9. New York$21.2K0.4%
  10. Florida$18.5K0.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition9.3%
    US 39% · $488K
  • Sole-source awards7.6%
    US 30% · $397.4K
  • Single-offer competitions1.7%
    US 8.7% · $90.6K
  • Urgency justifications7.6%
    US 5.1% · $397.4K
  • Year-end rush5.4%
    US 6.0% · $281.4K
  • 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. INSTALLATION SERVICE FOR FPI EL RENO$1M
    BPD ENGINEERING, LLC· Brown County, WI· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 13, 2025 – Jun 26, 2026· 15UELR25F00000221
  2. SHEET METAL FOR FPI EL RENO$306.6K
    ALBRIGHT STEEL & WIRE CO· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· May 14, 2026 – May 14, 2026· 15UELR26P00000331
  3. INSTALLATION SERVICE FOR FPI EL RENO$271.3K
    BPD ENGINEERING, LLC· Brown County, WI· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 30, 2026 – Mar 30, 2026· 15UELR26F00000243
  4. SHEET METAL FOR FPI EL RENO$263.5K
    ALBRIGHT STEEL & WIRE CO· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· May 26, 2026 – May 26, 2026· 15UELR26P00000341
  5. INSTALLATION SERVICE FOR FPI EL RENO$263.3K
    BPD ENGINEERING, LLC· Brown County, WI· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 21, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026· 15UELR26F00000497
  6. INSTALLATION SERVICE FOR FPI EL RENO$263.3K
    BPD ENGINEERING, LLC· Brown County, WI· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 21, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026· 15UELR26F00000499
  7. WIRE DECKING$247K
    NASHVILLE WIRE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING CO, LLC· Davidson County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 21, 2025 – Nov 21, 2025· 15UELR26F00000047
  8. SHEET METAL FOR FPI EL RENO$235.5K
    RACO STEEL CO· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 2, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026· 15UELR26P00000432

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.