Contracting office · Federal Prison Industries / Unicor
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC obligated $4.9M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 27 contract actions (+52% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND ($4.7M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $4.9M
- Actions
- 27
- New awards: 26
- Sole-source
- 96%
- Small business
- —
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 7KFY2017
- 436.2KFY2018
- 3.5MFY2019
- 2.1MFY2020
- 5.7MFY2021
- 2.2MFY2022
- 1.1MFY2023
- 1.1MFY2024
- 3.2MFY2025
- 4.9MFY2026
Top recipients
Obligations in FY2026.
- AMERICAN & EFIRD LLC$104.9K2.1%
- EMSIG MANUFACTURING CORP.$90.1K1.8%
- CUTTING/SEWING ROOM EQUIPMENT CO., INC.$17.7K0.4%
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$4.9M100%
Where the work was performed
- Maryland$4.7M96%
- Texas$107.8K2.2%
- North Carolina$104.9K2.1%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition96%US 39% · $4.7M
- Sole-source awards96%US 30% · $4.7M
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · $0
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
- 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
- VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$791KBLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 10, 2026 – Jun 10, 2026· 15USEA26F00000242
- VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$788.6KBLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 16, 2026 – Jun 16, 2026· 15USEA26F00000261
- VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$528.6KBLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 13, 2026 – Mar 13, 2026· 15USEA26F00000182
- VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$314.5KBLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 9, 2026 – Jul 9, 2026· 15USEA26F00000283
- VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$263.1KBLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 20, 2026 – Jan 20, 2026· 15USEA26F00000112
- VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$261.6KBLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 26, 2026 – Mar 26, 2026· 15USEA26F00000212
- VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$259.2KBLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 5, 2025 – Dec 5, 2025· 15USEA26F00000061
- VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$246.8KBLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 3, 2025 – Dec 3, 2025· 15USEA26F00000055
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.
