NASA Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center is NASA's launch and ground processing center on Florida's Space Coast, and its buys range from large ground systems contracts to small purchase orders for machined parts.
NASA Kennedy Space Center in numbers
Obligated by fiscal year
What they buy
Who they buy from
Contracting offices
Office names arrive with award detail records, so this list grows over time.
Coming up for recompete
| Ends | Incumbent | NAICS | Last value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2027 | ASTROTECH SPACE OPERATIONS, LLC | 336419 | $4.85M |
What they buy
Kennedy buys the ground systems that process and launch rockets and spacecraft: launch pad and crawler hardware, mobile launcher work, umbilicals, fluid and cryogenic systems, and the software and instrumentation behind them. It buys facility operations and maintenance for a large campus, and engineering, test, and laboratory support.
Beneath those contracts are welded and machined structures, fluid fittings, valves, cable assemblies, test fixtures, and ground support equipment, plus the shop services to repair them. Kennedy also hosts commercial launch tenants, who buy for themselves.
How they buy
NASA posts notices on SAM.gov, and Kennedy has its own procurement office. Large ground systems, operations, and engineering support run on multi-year contracts held by primes, with set recompete cycles. Smaller buys are posted as requests for quotation and awarded as purchase orders, and Kennedy also orders from existing government-wide contracts.
NASA uses sources sought and industry days before large buys and publishes a small business forecast. Many small buys are set aside, and NASA tracks subcontracting by its primes, so prime supplier portals are a real second channel.
How a small shop gets in
Register in SAM.gov and set alerts for the Kennedy procurement office and your NAICS codes. Read the center's small business forecast to see what is planned and which items are expected to be set aside.
Contact the Kennedy small business specialist, who can point you to the right technical office and to the primes that buy machined parts and services locally. Respond to sources sought with a short capability statement. For hardware that flies or touches flight hardware, expect NASA quality and materials requirements to apply, so have your certifications and traceability ready.
Two customers on one campus
NASA buys for its own programs and its prime contractors buy for the work they run on site. A small shop near the center should be registered with both.
Related guides
- The Space CoastBuyers and suppliers around Cape Canaveral.
- Subcontracting to primesHow to get on a prime's approved supplier list.
- SAM registrationGet registered before anything else.
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