Federal Prison Industries, Inc - EBG

Federal Prison Industries, Inc - EBG (UNICOR), a wholly-owned government corporation operating under the Federal Bureau of Prisons, manufactures specialized precision electronic and technical components — cable assemblies, electrical leads, power cables, wiring harnesses, and loudspeaker cases — for the Department of Defense and Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor across unrestricted (full-and-open) competitive procurements, with no subcontract footprint.

UNICOR is a federal agency entity headquartered in Washington, DC, with manufacturing facilities in Marion, Illinois; Desert Hills, Arizona; and Washington, DC. The organization operates across NAICS 335931 (Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing) and related codes (Other Electronic Component Manufacturing, Power and Distribution Transformer Manufacturing), with PSC concentration in cable, cord, wire assemblies and miscellaneous electrical power and distribution equipment. Unlike commercial vendors, UNICOR competes in full-and-open procurements without SBA set-aside protections; its dual mandate is to supply defense components while providing employment and training opportunities for federal inmates.

UNICOR's customer base is heavily concentrated within the Defense Logistics Agency. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation division accounts for 38 awards totaling $5.3 million combined potential value (87% of total), with the Land and Maritime division adding five awards worth $469 thousand. The Army's TACOM Life Cycle Management Command and Aviation and Missile Command round out the customer set with two awards totaling $326 thousand. Across 45 prime awards spanning March 2024 through April 2026, UNICOR has secured $6.1 million in combined potential value with $2.1 million obligated to date (34% execution rate).

UNICOR holds six active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Aviation. The largest vehicle, a $2 million single-award IDIQ awarded May 12, 2025, through May 11, 2030, carries six delivery orders totaling approximately $70.6 thousand as of the source date, with individual task orders ranging from $2.4 thousand to $22 thousand for cable assemblies and electrical components. Four additional $350 thousand IDICs awarded between January 2 and April 6, 2026, and two $250 thousand IDICs awarded April 29 and September 12, 2025, establish standing vehicles for cable assembly-switch components, power assemblies, and special-purpose cables through 2030 and 2031. These IDICs represent UNICOR's primary contracting vehicle posture with DLA; task order issuance demonstrates sustained demand for its precision manufacturing across aviation support applications.

Concrete recent work includes a $908.5 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from DLA Aviation awarded February 5, 2025, for cable-periscope equipment with completion targeted for June 15, 2026 (Washington, DC performance); a $283.2 thousand purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime awarded August 9, 2024, for 508 loudspeaker cases (National Stock Number 5965013485996) with delivery by April 6, 2025; and a $267.8 thousand definitive contract from the Army's TACOM Life Cycle Management Command awarded February 11, 2026, for 60 units of wiring harness, branched components (NSN 5995-01-546-7774) with an unexercised option for 60 additional units, Marion, Illinois performance, and April 22, 2027 completion.

Activity has accelerated sharply — five awards in 2024 to 28 in 2025 to 12 in the first quarter of 2026 — indicating growing DLA reliance on UNICOR's manufacturing capacity. Eleven awards carrying combined potential value of $639 thousand face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and are therefore exposure to recompete. UNICOR maintains no subcontract relationships; its entire footprint is prime work issued directly by DLA Aviation and Land divisions and Army materiel commands under firm fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders against its standing IDIQs.