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FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC obligated $2.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 13 contract actions (+436% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND ($1.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.1M
Actions
13
New awards: 13
Sole-source
76%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.9MFY2017
  2. 2MFY2018
  3. 1.6MFY2019
  4. 979.6KFY2020
  5. 1.4MFY2021
  6. 644.6KFY2022
  7. 903KFY2024
  8. 394.8KFY2025
  9. 2.1MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND$1.6M75%
  2. BRAND & OPPENHEIMER CO INC$323.7K15%
  3. IDEAL FASTENER CORP$161.2K7.6%
  4. W.W. GRAINGER, INC.$19.2K0.9%
  5. MMI TEXTILES INC$17K0.8%

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. Maryland$1.6M75%
  2. Rhode Island$323.7K15%
  3. North Carolina$161.2K7.6%
  4. Illinois$19.2K0.9%
  5. Mississippi$17K0.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition76%
    US 39% · $1.6M
  • Sole-source awards76%
    US 30% · $1.6M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.8%
    US 5.1% · $17K
  • 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.$472.8K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 29, 2026 – Apr 29, 2026· 15USAF26F00000131
  2. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$376.7K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 11, 2026 – Mar 11, 2026· 15USAF26F00000081
  3. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$368.3K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 26, 2026 – Mar 26, 2026· 15USAF26F00000091
  4. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$357.6K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 29, 2026 – Apr 29, 2026· 15USAF26F00000132
  5. FAB0885DB / DLA MATERIALS.$170.2K
    BRAND & OPPENHEIMER CO INC· Newport County, RI· Other equipment & supplies· May 27, 2026 – May 27, 2026· 15USAF26F00000151
  6. FAB0885DB / DLA MATERIALS.$96.3K
    BRAND & OPPENHEIMER CO INC· Newport County, RI· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 26, 2026 – Mar 26, 2026· 15USAF26F00000101
  7. FABRIC$73K
    IDEAL FASTENER CORP· Granville County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 2, 2025 – Oct 2, 2025· 15USAF26F00000084
  8. FAB0885DB / DLA MATERIALS.$57.1K
    BRAND & OPPENHEIMER CO INC· Newport County, RI· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 26, 2026 – Mar 26, 2026· 15USAF26F00000102

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.