Federal Prison Industries, Inc.

Federal Prison Industries, Inc., operating as Unicor, is a wholly-owned U.S. government corporation that manufactures and supplies materials handling equipment, office furniture, and security infrastructure to federal agencies as a prime contractor. The organization competes on full-and-open contracts with no set-aside designations, reflecting its status as a mandatory source for certain federal procurements. Unicor operates manufacturing facilities staffed by incarcerated individuals within the Federal Bureau of Prisons system, providing both goods and vocational training.

Unicor's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Department of Defense logistics apparatus. Defense Logistics Agency Distribution accounts for 140 awards (39% of total) carrying $343.8 million in combined potential value—96% of Unicor's total portfolio value. Of the top five customers by potential value, four are Defense Logistics Agency components or related military entities. The remaining concentration spreads thinly across fifty-three other agencies including the Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration, the Marine Corps, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Air Force, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Army. This concentration creates high recompete exposure: six awards totaling $8.6 million in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.

Unicor holds two principal parent vehicles. A $65 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with Defense Logistics Agency Distribution (awarded June 2023, extending through June 2028) anchors 70 task orders carrying $65.1 million in combined potential value for miscellaneous materials handling equipment, storage racks, cabinets, bins, shelving, and related logistics infrastructure to support military bases and distribution sites domestically and overseas. A $2.5 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Transportation Security Administration (awarded May 2024, extending through May 2029) covers checkpoint security equipment including Explosives Trace Detection cabinets, Bottle Liquid Scanner cabinets, Manual Diverted Rollers, transition tables, and dividers for airport checkpoints in the continental United States and overseas, with four task orders issued to date.

Unicor's capability portfolio centers on fabricated metal storage and materials handling products. Representative work includes a $3.79 million delivery order from Defense Logistics Agency Distribution (September 2024) for miscellaneous materials handling equipment with completion by August 2026, delivered from El Reno, Oklahoma; a $2.2 million delivery order (March 2026) for equipment distribution under the DLA IDC; a $1.95 million delivery order (August 2025) for miscellaneous materials handling equipment to Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania; a $2.6 million delivery order (December 2024) for project annex pallet racks; TSA BPA calls worth $194,021 and $137,579 (June and May 2026) for Explosives Trace Detection components and checkpoint peripherals delivered from Coppell, Texas; and a $385,991 firm fixed-price definitive contract from the Department of the Navy (July 2025) for a hazardous materials storage racking system in San Diego, California. Unicor also supplies office furniture and specialized equipment; a $933,658 purchase order from the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons (April 2022) provided tablet charging stations, and multiple awards from the U.S. Attorney's Offices (2023–2024) totaling roughly $270,000 for office furniture, cubicles, and workroom furnishings.

Activity has declined sharply. Unicor received twenty-three awards in 2022, thirty-eight in 2023, eighteen in 2024, eleven in 2025, and three in 2026 through mid-June. Combined potential value across all 362 prime awards totals $370.8 million, with $176.1 million obligated (47% burn). Work is performed at multiple Unicor manufacturing locations including El Reno, Oklahoma (primary facility); Coppell, Texas; Richmond, Virginia; Barstow, California; Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania; and Warner Robins, Georgia, with delivery to hundreds of military installations and federal sites globally.

Unicor does not subcontract; all 362 awards are prime contracts and Indefinite Delivery Vehicles. The organization's NAICS footprint reflects its core business: Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing (132 awards), All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (41 awards), and Office Furniture Manufacturing (20 awards for wood, 16 for non-wood). The PSC concentration shows Cabinets, Lockers, Bins, and Shelving (128 awards) and Miscellaneous Materials Handling Equipment (86 awards) as dominant categories. Unicor maintains no subsidiaries; it is a child of the Government of the United States.