UNSPSC 78102002: Experimental payload services

UNSPSC 78102002 Experimental payload services (Commodity) encompasses shared-user test and evaluation infrastructure for space propulsion and thermal-vacuum applications, alongside specialized materials and simulants supporting space research and education. Recent state and local solicitations show a mix of market-research RFIs from state workforce and space commissions seeking to inventory existing test facilities and equipment, alongside direct procurements of specialized payload materials by school districts for educational programs. The issuing bodies include state agencies focused on space infrastructure development, county solid-waste authorities, and school districts; notably, the Texas Space Commission and Texas Workforce Commission each issued market-research RFIs in August 2026 to identify existing thermal-vacuum and propulsion test facilities capable of supporting future state contracting, signaling early-stage demand-aggregation activity rather than immediate procurement volume.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Florida. The Texas Space Commission posted RFI 358-26-004 on August 24, 2026, seeking information on shared-user space propulsion test and evaluation facilities by September 14, 2026, explicitly requiring respondents to demonstrate prior NASA test-infrastructure work and to separate verified current capabilities from proposed concepts. The Texas Workforce Commission concurrently posted RFI RFI3582601 on August 14, 2026, targeting thermal-vacuum facilities within Texas, with responses due September 11, 2026. In Florida, the Seminole County School Board posted a sole-source procurement (25260122S-VG) on July 21, 2026, for five tonnes of Anorthosite Highlands Simulant from Space Resource Technologies at approximately $20,000 annually for the ePathways Department, representing the only active direct buy captured in recent activity. The Clay County Board of County Commissioners' August 17, 2026, RFB for grapple and roll-off container services (2526110) is tagged to this code but involves solid-waste container logistics unrelated to experimental payload services; the code shows limited relevant state and local procurement volume outside the Texas RFIs and Seminole County's educational materials purchase.