During the last full year, FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES / UNICOR (agency ID 1542) obligated $192,777,533.19 across 2,911 award actions. Procurement activity was concentrated in office furniture, apparel, fabric, and building finishing work, with KRUEGER INTERNATIONAL, INC. as the largest vendor by obligated amount.
Federal Agency
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES / UNICOR Federal Contract Obligations (Last Year)
Federal Prison Industries / UNICOR recorded 2,911 awards totaling $192.78 million in the last full year, with an average action value of $66,223.81.
This page summarizes FPDS award activity for the last full year using obligated dollars, award counts, and NAICS and vendor breakdowns from the provided dataset.
Agency ID
1542
Total Obligated
192.78 million
192,777,533.19
Award Actions
2,911
Average Action Value
66,223.81
About FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES / UNICOR federal contract activity
In the last full year, FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES / UNICOR obligated $192.78 million across 2,911 awards, for an average award value of $66,223.81. The agency’s spending profile indicates a high volume of relatively small awards, consistent with a broad procurement base rather than a concentration in a few large transactions.
Vendor concentration and leading contractors
Vendor obligations were led by KRUEGER INTERNATIONAL, INC. at $46.44 million across 706 awards, followed by BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND at $20.71 million across 96 awards. The remaining top vendors—NIGHTINGALE CORP, BPD ENGINEERING, LLC, and HUMANSCALE CORPORATION—each received materially smaller shares, reflecting a vendor mix spread across office furniture, industrial support, and related manufacturing categories.
Industry profile based on NAICS activity
The largest obligations were concentrated in OTHER BUILDING FINISHING CONTRACTORS (NAICS 238390) at $29.98 million and CUT AND SEW APPAREL CONTRACTORS (NAICS 315210) at $24.82 million. OFFICE FURNITURE and WOOD OFFICE FURNITURE manufacturing also represented major spending areas, alongside BROADWOVEN FABRIC MILLS, indicating procurement centered on manufactured goods and facility-related work.
Annual contract trend over the analysis window
The annual trend shows $192.78 million obligated in 2025 across 2,911 awards, which serves as the full-year reference point for this analysis window. With only one annual observation provided, the available data supports a snapshot of total activity rather than a multi-year trend assessment.
How to interpret this page
This summary is based on FPDS Query obligations data for agency ID 1542 over the last full year. Totals reflect obligated dollars, award counts reflect recorded awards in the period, and vendor and NAICS rankings are based on total obligated amount within the provided dataset. No additional attribution or normalization was applied beyond the supplied figures.
Top Vendors
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vendor_name,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
SELECT
content__award__vendor__vendorHeader__vendorName AS vendor_name,
sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID = '1542'
AND content__award__vendor__vendorHeader__vendorName IS NOT NULL
AND content__award__vendor__vendorHeader__vendorName != ''
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 1 YEAR
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
GROUP BY vendor_name
)
ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 10| Vendor | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRUEGER INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 46,441,950.01 | 46.44 million | 706 |
| BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND | 20,708,678.99 | 20.71 million | 96 |
| NIGHTINGALE CORP | 8,976,652.01 | 8.98 million | 100 |
| BPD ENGINEERING, LLC | 7,771,656.74 | 7.77 million | 119 |
| HUMANSCALE CORPORATION | 5,761,215.82 | 5.76 million | 142 |
| FILTRATION SERVICES LLC | 5,233,529.64 | 5.23 million | 96 |
| ML CLICK MARKETING LLC | 5,167,809.59 | 5.17 million | 19 |
| TABB TEXTILES CO., INC. | 5,078,821.37 | 5.08 million | 33 |
| EMERGENCY TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 4,902,683.95 | 4.90 million | 34 |
| WINSTON-SALEM INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND, INC. | 3,544,801.38 | 3.54 million | 8 |
Insight
For the last full year, FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES / UNICOR obligated $192.78 million across 2,911 awards, with an average award value of $66.22 thousand. Vendor obligations are moderately concentrated: KRUEGER INTERNATIONAL, INC. received $46.44 million across 706 awards, or about 24% of total obligated dollars, while the next nine vendors each accounted for smaller shares ranging from $20.71 million to $3.54 million. The distribution also shows a mix of high-volume, lower-dollar vendors and lower-volume, higher-dollar vendors, indicating broad vendor participation with a limited number of suppliers absorbing a larger share of obligations.
Top NAICS
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naics_code,
naics_name,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
SELECT
content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode AS naics_code,
anyHeavy(content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode__description) AS naics_name,
sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID = '1542'
AND content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode IS NOT NULL
AND content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode != ''
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 1 YEAR
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
GROUP BY naics_code
)
ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 10| NAICS Code | Description | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 238390 | OTHER BUILDING FINISHING CONTRACTORS | 29,979,158.29 | 29.98 million | 412 |
| 315210 | CUT AND SEW APPAREL CONTRACTORS | 24,824,992.77 | 24.82 million | 112 |
| 337214 | OFFICE FURNITURE (EXCEPT WOOD) MANUFACTURING | 18,354,043.08 | 18.35 million | 388 |
| 337211 | WOOD OFFICE FURNITURE MANUFACTURING | 17,042,150.74 | 17.04 million | 294 |
| 313210 | BROADWOVEN FABRIC MILLS | 10,879,120.81 | 10.88 million | 159 |
| 336320 | MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING | 6,607,641.93 | 6.61 million | 60 |
| 541519 | OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES | 6,118,017.61 | 6.12 million | 25 |
| 313310 | TEXTILE AND FABRIC FINISHING MILLS | 6,109,951.07 | 6.11 million | 77 |
| 333413 | INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FAN AND BLOWER AND AIR PURIFICATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING | 5,233,529.64 | 5.23 million | 96 |
| 541890 | OTHER SERVICES RELATED TO ADVERTISING | 5,167,809.59 | 5.17 million | 19 |
Insight
In the last full year, FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES / UNICOR obligated $192.78 million across 2,911 awards, with spending concentrated in a small set of manufacturing-related NAICS. The top 10 NAICS account for about $130.35 million, or roughly 68% of total obligations, led by 238390 Other Building Finishing Contractors ($29.98 million) and 315210 Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors ($24.82 million). Office furniture, textile, and related industrial manufacturing codes also rank prominently, indicating a procurement profile centered on production and fabrication categories rather than broad service spending.
Annual Trend
SELECT
year,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
SELECT
toYear(parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate)) AS year,
sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID = '1542'
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 1 YEAR
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
GROUP BY year
)
ORDER BY year DESC| Year | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 192,777,533.19 | 192.78 million | 2,911 |
Insight
For the last full year, Federal Prison Industries/UNICOR obligated $192.78 million across 2,911 awards, for an average award value of $66,223.81. Because the annual window contains a single year of data, the period supports a snapshot of obligation volume and award distribution rather than a year-over-year trend comparison. The award count indicates obligations were dispersed across multiple actions rather than concentrated in a small number of awards.
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