Summary
NASA Johnson Space Center has issued a Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) numbered 80JSC026R0021DRFP for the Commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Destination Contract (CLDC) to seek industry responses on a future firm-fixed-price contract. The acquisition seeks a commercially owned and operated LEO destination to succeed the International Space Station, providing safe, reliable, and cost-effective end-to-end services including design, build, operate, crew/cargo transportation, and utilization to support a sustained NASA human presence in LEO. Comments and questions must be submitted electronically to jsc-cldc@mail.nasa.gov no later than July 24, 2026, with a DRFP Pre-Proposal Conference scheduled for July 9, 2026.