FPI Public Notices

This notice announces FPI’s intentions to produce FSC code 5342- Hardware, Weapon System, and FSC code 5970 - Electrical Insulators and Insulating Materials which would include boots and transitions for the Department of Defense on a competitive basis and not use its mandatory source status. These products encompass all hardware classified in Federal Supply Classification in FSC code 5342 - Hardware, Weapon System and in FSC code 5970 - Electrical Insulators and Insulating Materials.

Boots and transitions may also be classified under FSC code 5975 - Electrical Hardware and Supplies and FSC code 5340 - Hardware. At this time, these FSC’s are on FPI’s Schedule of Products.

Once a product is sold competitively by FPI, it remains a competitive product and will never be added to FPI’s Schedule of Products as a mandatory source product. FPI will not attempt to exercise its mandatory source at some future point in time nor seek from its Board of Directors to expand production of the product by invoking the guidelines process at some later date. It has been previously determined by the FPI Board of Directors that whatever share of the market FPI acquires on a competitive basis will be deemed to be a reasonable share of the market within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. 4122(b)(2). Sales of products manufactured under this procedure will be tracked and recorded separately by FPI, as is the case for subcontracting and services.

Interested parties have a right to comment or raise questions with FPI’s Board of Directors. All written correspondence should be addressed to: Chief, Strategic Business Development and Marketing Branch, Federal Prison Industries, Inc., 320 First Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20534. All comments received will be provided to the Board of Directors.