Federal contractor · BALTIMORE, MD

BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND

BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND received $44.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3,486 awards (−15% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $304.1M. Its largest customer was Federal Prison Industries / Unicor ($23.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$44.6M
New awards
3,486
Sole-source
80%
Single offer
1.4%
UEI
N3AMMCJ62F65
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

7 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $44.6M in FY2026 together.

  1. BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLANDBALTIMORE, MD · Family page
    $44.6M
  2. BLIND INDUSTRIES & SERVICES OF MARYLANDANDREWS AFB, MD
    $0
  3. BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLANDCUMBERLAND, MD
    $0
  4. BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLANDDOVER AFB, DE
    $0
  5. BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLANDABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD
    $0
  6. BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLANDRALEIGH, NC
    $0
  7. BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLANDGUNPOWDER, MD
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 8.6MFY2017
  2. 17.2MFY2018
  3. 30.2MFY2019
  4. 30.8MFY2020
  5. 32.2MFY2021
  6. 25.1MFY2022
  7. 29.3MFY2023
  8. 34MFY2024
  9. 52.2MFY2025
  10. 44.6MFY2026
  11. 5.1KFY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$23.2M52%
    74 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$20.7M46%
    56 awards
  3. Federal Acquisition Service$483.1K1.1%
    3,355 awards
  4. Department of the Air Force$243.3K0.5%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$44.6M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Baltimore County, MD$44M99%
  2. Wake County, NC$247.6K0.6%
  3. Prince George's County, MD$243.3K0.5%
  4. Yazoo County, MS$40.7K0.1%
  5. Forsyth County, NC$31.3K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition81%
    US 39% · $36.3M
  • Sole-source awards80%
    US 30% · $35.7M
  • Single-offer competitions1.4%
    US 8.7% · $606.9K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$22.8M
    Department of Justice · 72 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$12.3M
    Department of Defense · 21 awards
  3. Federal Acquisition Service$483.1K
    General Services Administration · 3,355 awards

Largest awards

  1. 8512017281!JACKET,PHYSICAL FIT$3.8M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 7, 2026 – Apr 7, 2026· SPE1C126F3546
  2. 8511777285!RICOH IM C3510G BUNDLE NMCI N$2.2M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 25, 2025 – Nov 25, 2025· SPE8EJ26F1256
  3. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$2.2M
    Federal Prison Industries / Unicor· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· 15UMAN26F00000291
  4. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$2.1M
    Federal Prison Industries / Unicor· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 8, 2026 – Apr 8, 2026· 15UMAN26F00000193
  5. 8511819823!JACKET,PHYSICAL FIT$1.6M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 22, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· SPE1C126F1345
  6. VARIOUS PRE-CUT KITS FOR UNICOR TO SUPPLY AGAINST CUSTOMER CONTRACTS FOR NUMEROUS DLA PROGRAMS.$1.5M
    Federal Prison Industries / Unicor· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 5, 2025 – Nov 5, 2025· 15UMAN26F00000036
  7. 8511743002!3M 5952 TAPE BLACK THICKNESS:$1.2M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 7, 2025 – Nov 7, 2025· SPE8EJ26F0725
  8. 8511981442!ADAPTIVE MISSION SUPPORT MODU$1.1M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 17, 2026 – Mar 30, 2026· SPE8EJ26F5831

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $262.8K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. STATE OF MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$262.8K100%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

1 company · $262.8K reported

  1. STATE OF MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$262.8K
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 14 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND INC$98M−57% in FY2026
    WINSTON SALEM, NC · 3 entities · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Cut and sew apparel manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Independent artists, writers, and performersFederal Prison Industries / Unicor · Cut and sew apparel manufacturing+1 more
  2. S N D MANUFACTURING, LIMITED$37M−79% in FY2026
    DALLAS, TX · 24% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Cut and sew apparel manufacturingFederal Prison Industries / Unicor · Cut and sew apparel manufacturingFederal Prison Industries / Unicor · Textile and fabric finishing and fabric coating mills
  3. AMERICAN POLYMERS LLC$35.6M+2.8% in FY2026
    VERNON, CA · 24% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Cut and sew apparel manufacturing

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

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 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.