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FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC obligated $2.6M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 17 contract actions (+132% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND ($2.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.6M
Actions
17
New awards: 17
Sole-source
93%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 835.9KFY2017
  2. 3.4MFY2018
  3. 1.7MFY2019
  4. 1.2MFY2020
  5. 972.1KFY2021
  6. 1.4MFY2022
  7. 6.7MFY2023
  8. 2.5MFY2024
  9. 1.1MFY2025
  10. 2.6MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND$2.4M93%
  2. YKK (U.S.A.) INC.$94.3K3.7%
  3. ATLANTIC TRAILER LEASING AND SALES LLC$24K0.9%
  4. FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION$19.8K0.8%
  5. AMERICAN & EFIRD LLC$18K0.7%
  6. NORTH EAST KNITTING, INC.$16K0.6%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$2.6M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$2.4M93%
  2. Georgia$104.9K4.1%
  3. Kentucky$31.3K1.2%
  4. Tennessee$19.8K0.8%
  5. Rhode Island$16K0.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition94%
    US 39% · $2.4M
  • Sole-source awards93%
    US 30% · $2.4M
  • Single-offer competitions0.8%
    US 8.7% · $19.8K
  • 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.$689.1K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 18, 2026 – Mar 18, 2026· 15UFTX26F00000232
  2. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$497.6K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· May 6, 2026 – May 6, 2026· 15UFTX26F00000274
  3. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$497.6K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· May 6, 2026 – May 6, 2026· 15UFTX26F00000272
  4. VARIOUS MATERIALS USED FOR GOV. PROGRAMS / DLA$149.1K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 30, 2025 – Dec 30, 2025· 15UFTX26F00000159
  5. VARIOUS MATERIALS USED FOR GOV. PROGRAMS / DLA$119.6K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 11, 2025 – Dec 11, 2025· 15UFTX26F00000102
  6. VARIOUS MATERIALS USED FOR GOV. PROGRAMS / DLA$118.6K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 11, 2025 – Dec 11, 2025· 15UFTX26F00000103
  7. VARIOUS MATERIALS USED FOR GOV. PROGRAMS / DLA$118.6K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 11, 2025 – Dec 11, 2025· 15UFTX26F00000104
  8. VARIOUS MATERIALS USED FOR GOV. PROGRAMS / DLA$118.6K
    BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 11, 2025 – Dec 11, 2025· 15UFTX26F00000105

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.