UNSPSC 25172702: Space environmental control systems

UNSPSC 25172702 Space environmental control systems is a Commodity code covering the procurement of environmental life-support hardware, test facilities, and related technical services for spaceflight missions and aerospace education. State and local governments purchasing under this code are acquiring specialized ECLSS (Environmental Control & Life Support System) testing infrastructure, simulation materials for space science curricula, and technical expertise to support human spaceflight capability development. The issuing bodies range from state space agencies and regional educational authorities to school districts funding STEM programs tied to space exploration. Texas Space Commission and the School Board of Seminole County, Florida, represent the jurisdictional diversity currently active in this code.

Texas Space Commission issued a nonbinding RFI (Solicitation RFI35826003) on September 4, 2026, with responses due September 11, 2026, seeking information on existing and proposed ECLSS testing facilities, distributed test networks, upgrade concepts, and five-year and ten-year demand forecasts to support emergent human spaceflight missions. Eligible respondents must demonstrate prior NASA environmental verification experience and direct technical responsibility; responses require five volumes including executive summary, forty-page narrative, workbooks, technical annexes, and supporting documentation, submitted to TSCRFI@space.texas.gov. The School Board of Seminole County, Florida, posted a sole-source procurement notice (25260122SVG) on July 21, 2026, for five tonnes of Anorthosite Highlands Simulant from Space Resource Technologies for its ePathways Department, with an approximate annual expenditure of $20,000. Recent activity in this code concentrates in Texas and Florida; the geographic spread is currently limited to these two states in the available solicitation data.