UNSPSC 78111901: Experimental or educational missions

UNSPSC 78111901 Experimental or educational missions is a Commodity code capturing space research, development, testing, and evaluation infrastructure and capabilities that state and local governments are beginning to procure or assess for future procurement. State and local buyers under this code are sourcing information on shared-user space propulsion test facilities, thermal-vacuum testing environments, and related infrastructure to support aerospace research and validation work. The work includes characterization of existing facilities, technical capabilities across propellant handling, cryogenic systems, instrumentation and control, safety protocols, and shared-user governance models — as well as facility operations and hazardous-materials management. Issuing bodies include state space commissions and workforce development agencies; the scope spans both technology-only responses and facility-operator submissions, including consortium proposals led by primary respondents.

Texas dominates recent activity under the code, with the Texas Space Commission posting a nonbinding RFI for shared-user space propulsion test and evaluation facilities (RFI 358-26-004, due September 14, 2026) and the Texas Workforce Commission issuing an RFI to identify existing thermal-vacuum testing facilities within the state (RFI 3582601, due September 11, 2026). Both are market-research efforts with no immediate procurement or funding commitment; responses will inform feasibility studies, potential future professional-services procurements, competitive grants, or legislative requests subject to separate Board authorization. Respondents to the space propulsion RFI must demonstrate prior NASA test-infrastructure work in environmental verification, infrastructure development, or payload testing and must clearly separate verified current capabilities from proposed or conceptual ones. Site visits and written clarifications may follow submission, with a completeness review scheduled for September 14–21, 2026.