Federal sub-agency · Department of Justice

Federal Prison Industries / Unicor

Federal Prison Industries / Unicor obligated $192.3M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 2,449 contract actions (−1.9% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was KRUEGER INTERNATIONAL, INC. ($33.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$192.3M
Actions
2,449
New awards: 2,331
Sole-source
20%
Small business
55%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 269.2MFY2017
  2. 448MFY2018
  3. 422.6MFY2019
  4. 453MFY2020
  5. 380.5MFY2021
  6. 384.3MFY2022
  7. 344.6MFY2023
  8. 255.7MFY2024
  9. 196.1MFY2025
  10. 192.3MFY2026
  11. 3.8MFY2027

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. KRUEGER INTERNATIONAL, INC.$33.6M17%
  2. BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND$23.2M12%
  3. EMERGENCY TECHNOLOGY INC$12M6.2%
  4. TABB TEXTILES CO INC$9.3M4.8%
  5. NIGHTINGALE CORP$8.4M4.4%
  6. TROY SHEET METAL WORKS, INC.$6.7M3.5%
  7. FILTRATION SERVICES, INC.$5.9M3.1%
  8. HUMANSCALE CORPORATION$5.6M2.9%
  9. BPD ENGINEERING, LLC$4.8M2.5%
  10. BOSS INNOVATION & MARKETING INC$4.8M2.5%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$111.1M58%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$39.3M20%
  3. Equipment maintenance$23.5M12%
  4. IT & telecom$7.9M4.1%
  5. Professional services$6.4M3.3%
  6. Health & medical$2.8M1.5%
  7. Facilities & utilities$1.1M0.6%
  8. Transportation & logistics$176.1K0.1%
  9. Construction & real property$107.1K0.1%
  10. Education & social services$57.2K0.0%
  11. Fuel$56.1K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Wisconsin$33.2M17%
  2. Maryland$28.1M15%
  3. California$17.2M8.9%
  4. Michigan$15M7.8%
  5. New York$10.4M5.4%
  6. Alabama$9.7M5.0%
  7. Florida$9.2M4.8%
  8. Abroad$9M4.7%
  9. North Carolina$8.3M4.3%
  10. Virginia$7.7M4.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition30%
    US 39% · $57.7M
  • Sole-source awards20%
    US 30% · $38M
  • Single-offer competitions10%
    US 8.7% · $19.7M
  • Urgency justifications2.2%
    US 5.1% · $4.2M
  • Year-end rush9.1%
    US 6.0% · $17.5M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.9%
    US 5.0% · $1.7M
  • 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.

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC$10.7M91%
  2. FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC$4.7M96%
  3. FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC$3.6M53%
  4. FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC$2.5M35%
  5. FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC$2.4M93%

Largest awards

  1. POLY FABRIC$2.9M
    TABB TEXTILES CO INC· Lee County, AL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026· 15U0AK26F00000392
  2. PARTITIONS$2.9M
    TROY SHEET METAL WORKS, INC.· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· 15UBAS26F00000721
  3. LIGHTBARS$2.8M
    EMERGENCY TECHNOLOGY INC· Ottawa County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 5, 2026 – Jun 5, 2026· 15UBAS26F00000704
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. PARTITIONS$1.9M
    TROY SHEET METAL WORKS, INC.· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 17, 2026 – Jun 17, 2026· 15UBAS26F00000775
  7. LIGHT/SIREN TAILLIGHT FLASHER LED LIGHT BARS COMPOSITE SPEAKER SIREN CONTROLLER$1.7M
    EMERGENCY TECHNOLOGY INC· Ottawa County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 1, 2026 – Jul 1, 2026· 15UV1C26F00000472
  8. LIGHTBARS$1.7M
    EMERGENCY TECHNOLOGY INC· Ottawa County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 16, 2026 – Jun 16, 2026· 15UBAS26F00000754

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.