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FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC obligated $11.8M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 37 contract actions (+58% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND ($10.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$11.8M
Actions
37
New awards: 35
Sole-source
91%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2MFY2017
  2. 2MFY2018
  3. 7.4MFY2019
  4. 8.9MFY2020
  5. 7.9MFY2021
  6. 6.8MFY2022
  7. 9.1MFY2023
  8. 9.2MFY2024
  9. 7.4MFY2025
  10. 11.8MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND$10.2M87%
  2. YKK (U.S.A.) INC.$850.4K7.2%
  3. WL GORE & ASSOCIATES INC$165.2K1.4%
  4. COMFORT & PROCESS SOLUTIONS, LLC$140K1.2%
  5. WL GORE & ASSOCIATES INC$122K1.0%
  6. AMERICAN & EFIRD LLC$82.3K0.7%
  7. NORTH EAST KNITTING, INC.$80.7K0.7%
  8. VELCRO USA INC$28.2K0.2%
  9. STRETCH PRODUCTS CORP.$27.8K0.2%
  10. NFA CORP$17.1K0.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$11.6M99%
  2. Equipment maintenance$140K1.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$10.4M88%
  2. Kentucky$1.2M10%
  3. Rhode Island$80.7K0.7%
  4. North Carolina$55.5K0.5%
  5. Mississippi$28.2K0.2%
  6. Georgia$26.8K0.2%
  7. Massachusetts$15.4K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition91%
    US 39% · $10.7M
  • Sole-source awards91%
    US 30% · $10.7M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications1.2%
    US 5.1% · $140K
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.1% · $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.$2.2M
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· 15UMAN26F00000291
  2. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$2.1M
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 8, 2026 – Apr 8, 2026· 15UMAN26F00000193
  3. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$1.5M
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 5, 2025 – Nov 5, 2025· 15UMAN26F00000036
  4. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$809.2K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 11, 2026 – Feb 11, 2026· 15UMAN26F00000126
  5. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$802.8K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 13, 2026 – Jul 13, 2026· 15UMAN26F00000251
  6. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$704.5K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 5, 2026 – Apr 5, 2026· 15UMAN26F00000192
  7. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$629.1K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 17, 2026 – Feb 17, 2026· 15UMAN26F00000134
  8. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$523.9K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 6, 2026 – Jul 6, 2026· 15UMAN26F00000243

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.