Airlift & Sealift Coordination for Aerospace Artifacts

The contract entails the coordination of air and maritime transportation for flown space hardware, ensuring secure and compliant movement from origin to destination. This includes the specialized loading and unloading of sensitive aerospace artifacts onto aircraft and barges, along with the implementation of preservation techniques to protect hardware during transit under varying environmental conditions. Strict adherence to ITAR and EAR regulations is mandatory, requiring comprehensive documentation, personnel training, and procedural controls to manage the export and transport of federally controlled technical data and physical items. The performance location is designated as Houston, Texas, with NASA Johnson Space Center acting as the overseeing agency under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This is a subcontract opportunity with a NAICS code of 482111, indicating it falls within the air transportation industry, and is open for proposals with a submission deadline of May 26, 2026. The requirement is not set aside for any specific small business category and carries no set-aside designation. All logistics operations must align with NASA’s stringent standards for handling historic and mission-critical space artifacts, emphasizing precision, traceability, and regulatory compliance throughout the entire transport cycle. Potential offerors must demonstrate proven experience in transporting aerospace components, understanding of federal export controls, and the capacity to manage complex multimodal logistics under high-security protocols.