Low Earth Orbit Leo Transportation Request Tender in USA - 138531902

Procurement Summary

Country: USA

Summary: Low Earth Orbit Leo Transportation Request for Information

Deadline: 08 Apr 2026

Posting Date: 27 Mar 2026

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 138531902

Document Ref. No.: 80JSC026LEOTransportationRFI

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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1. OVERVIEW
NASA is seeking information from established commercial providers and new industry entrants to help shape the future acquisition strategy for Transportation for both crew and cargo to Commercial Low Earth Orbit destinations to maintain America-s presence in LEO.
This RFI is aligned with the Executive Order “Ensuring American Space Superiority” (December 2025), which directs the United States to:
Grow a vibrant commercial space economy through the power of American free enterprise by spurring private sector initiative and a commercial pathway to replace the International Space Station
When the International Space Station reaches its planned end-of-life, NASA will transition to commercially provided space stations. NASA is evaluating two options for this transition: a direct to commercial station option and an incrementally phased transition.
Aligned with NASA-s need to maintain presence in LEO, NASA acknowledges and understands the criticality of preventing a transportation gap in LEO, which could be detrimental to the transportation industry and could result in loss of critical, national capabilities.
NASA-s continued needs in LEO to conduct ground-breaking research, technology development, human research, stimulate the commercial market, and to use LEO as a proving ground drive a similar demand and cadence as we have today on the ISS. The NASA demand in addition to resupply expected for the station is expected to include 2 crew missions and 4-5 cargo missions per year. Commercial companies may have an increased demand for more short-duration private crewed missions.
All future station concepts are being designed to be compatible with the current fleet of crew and cargo vehicles to avoid major redesign.
NASA welcomes input from:
Incumbent providers, particularly solutions that evolve existing systems to reduce cost, while maintaining reliability and mission responsiveness, and what business case is required to continue ...
Notice ID: 80jsc026leotransportationrfi

Department/Ind. Agency: national aeronautics and space administration

Sub-tier: national aeronautics and space administration

Office: nasa johnson space center

Inactive Dates: apr 23, 2026

Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date

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