Contracting office · Federal Prison Industries / Unicor

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC obligated $335K on federal contracts in FY2026 across 5 contract actions (−95% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND ($285.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$335K
Actions
5
New awards: 5
Sole-source
85%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 114.1KFY2017
  2. 82.7KFY2018
  3. 3.4MFY2019
  4. 2.3MFY2020
  5. 4.4MFY2021
  6. 8MFY2022
  7. 7.6MFY2023
  8. 5MFY2024
  9. 6.2MFY2025
  10. 335KFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND$285.6K85%
  2. AMERICAN & EFIRD LLC$18K5.4%
  3. EMSIG MANUFACTURING CORP.$16.5K4.9%
  4. PINE BELT PROCESSING INC$14.8K4.4%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$335K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$285.6K85%
  2. North Carolina$18K5.4%
  3. Texas$16.5K4.9%
  4. Alabama$14.8K4.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition85%
    US 39% · $285.6K
  • Sole-source awards85%
    US 30% · $285.6K
  • 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. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$270.2K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 30, 2025 – Oct 30, 2025· 15UTAL26F00000001
  2. BERRY AMENDMENT THREAD FOR DLA CONTRACT WITH FPI.$18K
    AMERICAN & EFIRD LLC· Granville County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 6, 2026 – Jan 6, 2026· 15UTAL26F00000015
  3. BUTTONS$16.5K
    EMSIG MANUFACTURING CORP.· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 6, 2026 – Jan 6, 2026· 15UTAL26F00000012
  4. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$15.4K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 17, 2026 – Feb 17, 2026· 15UTAL26F00000041
  5. PERMETHRIN TREATMENT$14.8K
    PINE BELT PROCESSING INC· Talladega County, AL· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 14, 2026 – Jan 14, 2026· 15UTAL26F00000022

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.