NIGP 90571: Spacecraft Cargo Transport Services

NIGP 90571 Spacecraft Cargo Transport Services, an Item code, encompasses space propulsion testing infrastructure, thermal-vacuum facility operations, lunar simulant materials, and waste container services supporting state and local government operations and research missions. State and local governments soliciting under this code include space commissions, county environmental services departments, workforce commissions conducting market research, and school districts procuring materials for educational programs. Recent activity shows issuing bodies using RFIs and RFBs to identify testing infrastructure capabilities, evaluate shared-user propulsion facilities, and source specialized materials and services that support aerospace research, workforce development, and environmental operations.

The Texas Space Commission posted an RFI on August 24, 2026 (responses due September 14, 2026) seeking information on shared-user space propulsion test and evaluation facilities capable of conducting research, development, testing, and evaluation across 19 specified technical areas including propellant handling, engine classes, cryogenic systems, and safety protocols; respondents must demonstrate prior NASA test-infrastructure work. Clay County Board of County Commissioners in Florida issued an IFB on August 17, 2026 (bid opening September 4, 2026) for grapple and roll-off container services supporting four Environmental Convenience Centers and the Rosemary Hill Solid Waste Management Facility, with an initial three-year term from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2029 and two optional one-year renewals. The Texas Workforce Commission posted an RFI on August 14, 2026 (responses due September 11, 2026) to identify existing thermal-vacuum testing facilities within Texas for potential future state contracting. The School Board of Seminole County, Florida, posted a sole-source procurement on July 21, 2026 for five tonnes of Anorthosite Highlands Simulant from Space Resource Technologies with an approximate annual expenditure of $20,000. Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Florida, with market-research activity preceding competitive solicitations for facility and material procurement.