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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DBA FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DBA FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES obligated $2.3M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 32 contract actions (+118% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was SYSTEM 2/90, INC. ($995K).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.3M
Actions
32
New awards: 32
Sole-source
0.0%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 934.8KFY2017
  2. 1.6MFY2018
  3. 1.4MFY2019
  4. 1.1MFY2020
  5. 1.5MFY2021
  6. 1.6MFY2022
  7. 3.8MFY2023
  8. 1.3MFY2024
  9. 1.1MFY2025
  10. 2.3MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. SYSTEM 2/90, INC.$995K42%
  2. 3M COMPANY$539.9K23%
  3. MANDEL METALS INC$409.8K17%
  4. JUPITER ALUMINUM CORP$219.2K9.3%
  5. SOFTWARE INFORMATION RESOURCE CORP.$166.8K7.1%
  6. ROBERT & SONS ALUMINUM LLC$16K0.7%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$1.4M58%
  2. Equipment maintenance$995K42%

Where the work was performed

  1. Michigan$995K42%
  2. Maryland$490.4K21%
  3. Illinois$409.8K17%
  4. Indiana$219.2K9.3%
  5. District of Columbia$166.8K7.1%
  6. Minnesota$65.5K2.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition7.1%
    US 39% · $166.8K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions7.1%
    US 8.7% · $166.8K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush13%
    US 6.0% · $303.7K
  • 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. SIGNS / SIGN INSTALLATION$684.1K
    SYSTEM 2/90, INC.· Kent County, MI· Equipment maintenance· Mar 3, 2026 – Mar 3, 2026· 15UCUM26F00000083
  2. SIGNS / SIGN INSTALLATION$310.9K
    SYSTEM 2/90, INC.· Kent County, MI· Equipment maintenance· Mar 3, 2026 – Mar 3, 2026· 15UCUM26F00000091
  3. UV CURABLE FLATBED PRINTER$166.8K
    SOFTWARE INFORMATION RESOURCE CORP.· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 5, 2026 – Jun 5, 2026· 15UCUM26F00000261
  4. METAL FOR SIGNS$164.1K
    MANDEL METALS INC· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026· 15UCUM26F00000381
  5. METAL FOR SIGNS$134.4K
    MANDEL METALS INC· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 16, 2025 – Oct 16, 2025· 15UCUM26F00000011
  6. MONTHLY SERVICE PLAN FOR MACHINE$71.8K
    3M COMPANY· Allegany County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 19, 2026· 15UCUM26F00000332
  7. METAL FOR SIGNS$64.1K
    MANDEL METALS INC· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 11, 2026 – Feb 11, 2026· 15UCUM26F00000085
  8. MONTHLY SERVICE PLAN FOR MACHINE$60K
    3M COMPANY· Allegany County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026· 15UCUM26F00000363

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.