UNSPSC 78111900: Space transportation

UNSPSC 78111900 Space transportation is a Class code that encompasses aerial services involving fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft for specialized missions — a scope that diverges substantially from the abstract code name. State and local governments are procuring helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft services for public health, wildlife management, infrastructure inspection, and emergency response, not space transport. Recent solicitations reveal a mix of issuing bodies: state wildlife and forestry agencies (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Texas A&M Forest Service), county governments (Volusia County, Orange County through Orlando Utilities Commission, Pinellas County), cities (Tucson, Dallas, Fort Worth), and a cooperative utility (Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative in Florida). Specific work categories include aerial mosquito control via fixed-wing aircraft, helicopter-based wildlife capture and telemetry operations, utility line inspection flights, aerial survey services for transmission infrastructure and environmental monitoring, aircraft maintenance and inspection services for airtankers and law enforcement aircraft, helicopter parts supply, and aviation fuel delivery to support law enforcement air units.

Geographic activity spans Florida (Volusia and Orange counties, Pinellas County, Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative), Texas (Department of Public Safety, Texas A&M Forest Service, cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, and Tucson), Oregon (Department of Fish and Wildlife across multiple regional wildlife management units), and Maine (Department of Administrative & Financial Services). Representative recent opportunities include Volusia County's ITB for fixed-wing aerial adulticide applications across 43,000 to 245,000 acres annually (response due October 20, 2026), Texas A&M Forest Service's IFB for prebuy inspection services on De Havilland Dash 8-400 airtankers (bids due October 9, 2026), Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's RFP for helicopter-based elk capture and monitoring in Southern Blue Mountains (proposals due September 15, 2026), Maine Department of Administrative & Financial Services' RFP for helicopter lift services to remote solar radio sites (proposals due October 6, 2026), and Pinellas County's ITQ for aerial larvicide application services on an as-needed basis (quotations due April 23, 2026). The code shows robust recent procurement activity across multiple state and local jurisdictions with emphasis on environmental management, wildlife operations, and infrastructure support missions.