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FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC obligated $2.3M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 19 contract actions (+37% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND ($1.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.3M
Actions
19
New awards: 19
Sole-source
64%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.7MFY2017
  2. 6.2MFY2018
  3. 3.5MFY2019
  4. 4.7MFY2020
  5. 4.1MFY2021
  6. 2.6MFY2022
  7. 1.8MFY2023
  8. 2.4MFY2024
  9. 1.7MFY2025
  10. 2.3MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND$1.5M64%
  2. IDEAL FASTENER CORP$323.1K14%
  3. BRAND & OPPENHEIMER CO INC$269.9K12%
  4. AMERICAN & EFIRD LLC$80.3K3.5%
  5. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY$48K2.1%
  6. VELCRO USA INC$43.8K1.9%
  7. SX INDUSTRIES, INC$20.2K0.9%
  8. STRETCH PRODUCTS CORP.$19K0.8%
  9. INFRARED TOOLS LLC$18.5K0.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$2.3M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$1.5M65%
  2. North Carolina$403.4K17%
  3. Rhode Island$269.9K12%
  4. Florida$48K2.1%
  5. Mississippi$43.8K1.9%
  6. Massachusetts$20.2K0.9%
  7. Kentucky$19K0.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition66%
    US 39% · $1.5M
  • Sole-source awards64%
    US 30% · $1.5M
  • Single-offer competitions2.1%
    US 8.7% · $48K
  • 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.$1.1M
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 10, 2026 – Mar 10, 2026· 15UM1A26F00000136
  2. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$172.5K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 12, 2026 – Mar 12, 2026· 15UM1A26F00000141
  3. VARIOUS MATERIALS USED FOR GOV. PROGRAMS / DLA$170.8K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 16, 2026 – Mar 16, 2026· 15UM1A26F00000153
  4. FAB0885DB / DLA MATERIALS.$156.8K
    BRAND & OPPENHEIMER CO INC· Newport County, RI· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 26, 2026 – Mar 26, 2026· 15UM1A26F00000171
  5. FAB0885DB / DLA MATERIALS.$113.1K
    BRAND & OPPENHEIMER CO INC· Newport County, RI· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 26, 2026 – Mar 26, 2026· 15UM1A26F00000181
  6. FABRIC$86.7K
    IDEAL FASTENER CORP· Granville County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 10, 2026 – Mar 10, 2026· 15UM1A26F00000131
  7. VARIOUS MATERIALS USED FOR GOV. PROGRAMS / DLA$86K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 27, 2025 – Oct 27, 2025· 15UM1A26F00000021
  8. BERRY AMENDMENT THREAD FOR DLA CONTRACT WITH FPI.$80.3K
    AMERICAN & EFIRD LLC· Granville County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 15, 2026 – Jul 15, 2026· 15UM1A26F00000242

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.