Federal contractor · WINSTON SALEM, NC

WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND INC

WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND INC received $12M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1,321 awards (−55% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $345.5M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($5.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$12M
New awards
1,321
Sole-source
48%
Single offer
0.9%
UEI
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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.

3 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $15.7M in FY2026 together.

  1. WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND INCWINSTON SALEM, NC · Family page
    $12M
  2. WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND INCASHEVILLE, NC
    $3.7M
  3. WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND, INCCABO ROJO, PR
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 13.3MFY2017
  2. 17.6MFY2018
  3. 44.2MFY2019
  4. 38.7MFY2020
  5. 43MFY2021
  6. 40.3MFY2022
  7. 71.8MFY2023
  8. 38MFY2024
  9. 26.5MFY2025
  10. 12MFY2026
  11. 95.1KFY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$5.6M46%
    18 awards
  2. Federal Acquisition Service$1.8M15%
    1,272 awards
  3. Food Safety and Inspection Service$1.5M13%
    2 awards
  4. Office of the Chief Financial Officer$1.5M12%
    2 awards
  5. Department of Energy$500K4.2%
    1 awards
  6. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission$437.1K3.6%
    2 awards
  7. Securities and Exchange Commission$289.1K2.4%
    1 awards
  8. Department of the Air Force$222.5K1.9%
    6 awards
  9. Department of the Navy$151.8K1.3%
    8 awards
  10. Department of the Army$37.3K0.3%
    6 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$11.9M99%
  2. Fuel$97.7K0.8%
  3. Professional services$24K0.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Forsyth County, NC$5.7M48%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$2.7M22%
  3. Rock Island County, IL$1.8M15%
  4. Prince George's County, MD$1.5M13%
  5. Abroad$126.4K1.1%
  6. Anne Arundel County, MD$125.1K1.0%
  7. Burlington County, NJ$22.3K0.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition49%
    US 39% · $5.9M
  • Sole-source awards48%
    US 30% · $5.8M
  • Single-offer competitions0.9%
    US 8.7% · $102.4K
  • 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 Acquisition Service$1.8M
    General Services Administration · 1,270 awards
  2. Food Safety and Inspection Service$1.5M
    Department of Agriculture · 2 awards
  3. Defense Logistics Agency$1M
    Department of Defense · 4 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$149.1K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. FUEL HANDLER SYSTEM COATS & TROUSERS$36.6M
    Department of the Army· Forsyth County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 18, 2023 – May 13, 2026· W911QY23C0080
  2. 8511193871!PARKA,EXTREME COLD$8.5M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Forsyth County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 26, 2025 – Jun 3, 2026· SPE1C125F2403
  3. REQUISITION 22MA000008 WAS ISSUED TO CREATE A NEW CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY STORE IN THE FORRESTAL AND GERMANTOWN BUILDING. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS AS FOLLOWS BASE YEAR 1/1/22 TO 12/31/22 OPTION YEAR 1 1/1/23 TO 12/31/23 OPTION YEAR 2 1/$3.9M
    Department of Energy· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 21, 2021 – Mar 18, 2026· 89303022CMA000070
  4. RETAIL AND E-COMMERCE SUPPLY PROGRAM SERVICES$2.4M
    Securities and Exchange Commission· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 27, 2022 – Jun 1, 2026· 50310222C0064
  5. 8511501424!JACKET,HEAT PROTECT$2.3M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Forsyth County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 16, 2025 – Oct 9, 2025· SPE1C125F4973
  6. IHPS SUSPENSION SYSTEM (PAD SET) DELIVERY ORDER FOR 19,819 SYSTEMS$2.1M
    Department of the Army· Forsyth County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· May 23, 2023 – Jan 30, 2026· W91CRB23F0144
  7. FUEL HANDLER SYSTEM SETS$1.9M
    Department of the Army· Forsyth County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 18, 2024 – May 13, 2026· W911QY24C0052
  8. 8512004484!JACKET,HEAT PROTECT$1.8M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Forsyth County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 26, 2026 – Mar 26, 2026· SPE1C126F3345

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-contracts: $1.1M (5 subawards)

2 primes

  1. AVON PROTECTION CERADYNE LLC$969.5K89%
    SALEM, NH · 4 subawards
  2. HII MISSION TECHNOLOGIES CORP$124.2K11%
    MC LEAN, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $818.9K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $40K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $30.3K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $671.7K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $545.4K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.1M received

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

6 companies · $3.3M reported

  1. AVON PROTECTION SYSTEMS INCORPORATED$2.2M
    CADILLAC, MI · 14 subawards · Other textile product mills
  2. MAGELLAN FEDERAL, INC.$818.9K
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward · Individual and family services
  3. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY$132.6K
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward

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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 42 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. PUERTO RICO APPAREL MANUFACTURING (PRAMA) CORP.$52.7M+53% in FY2026
    MAYAGUEZ, PR · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Cut and sew apparel manufacturing
  2. PENTAQ MANUFACTURING CORP$60.2M−63% in FY2026
    SABANA GRANDE, PR · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Cut and sew apparel manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing
  3. SILVER OAKLEAF INC.$63.5M−54% in FY2026
    ALPHARETTA, GA · 49% 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.