Federal contractor · ASHEVILLE, NC
WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND INC
WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND INC received $3.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−62% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $83.2M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($3.7M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $3.7M
- New awards
- 4
- Sole-source
- 100%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- THVADD8FLHK3
- Parent company
- WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND INC
Company family
Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.
Part of the WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND INC company family: 3 registered entities, $15.7M in FY2026 together. See the family
- WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND INCWINSTON SALEM, NC · Family page$12M
- WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND, INCCABO ROJO, PR$0
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 2.1MFY2017
- 14.4MFY2018
- 29.2MFY2019
- 8.8MFY2020
- 3.9MFY2021
- 1.1MFY2022
- 2.4MFY2023
- 7.9MFY2024
- 9.8MFY2025
- 3.7MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Defense Logistics Agency$3.7M100%4 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$3.7M100%
Where the work was performed
- Forsyth County, NC$3.7M100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition100%US 39% · $3.7M
- Sole-source awards100%US 30% · $3.7M
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · $0
- 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
- Department of Defense · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Defense Logistics Agency· Forsyth County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 26, 2024 – Oct 3, 2025· SPE1C124F1969
- Defense Logistics Agency· Buncombe County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 9, 2025 – Dec 5, 2025· SPE1C125F3314
- Defense Logistics Agency· Forsyth County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 6, 2026 – Apr 6, 2026· SPE1C126F3582
- Defense Logistics Agency· Buncombe County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 19, 2024 – Dec 5, 2025· SPE1C125F1491
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
No subawards reported to it in FY2026.
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
- CADILLAC, MI · 14 subawards · Other textile product mills
- MAGELLAN FEDERAL, INC.$818.9KARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward · Individual and family services
- RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.
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.
- PUERTO RICO APPAREL MANUFACTURING (PRAMA) CORP.$52.7M+53% in FY2026MAYAGUEZ, PR · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Cut and sew apparel manufacturing
- PENTAQ MANUFACTURING CORP$60.2M−63% in FY2026SABANA 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
- SILVER OAKLEAF INC.$63.5M−54% in FY2026ALPHARETTA, 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.