# NASA Opens $10B Lunar Delivery Competition

NASA has established a 10-year Commercial Lunar Payload Services competition with a potential ceiling of up to **$10 billion**, giving eight U.S. companies eligibility to compete for future lunar-delivery task orders. The ceiling is not an award of $10 billion to the participating companies. NASA also increased the ceiling on its existing CLPS contract to $4.2 billion, awarded about $1.3 billion in transportation task orders, and contracted with Blue Origin to deliver a nuclear-powered rover, with launch targeted for late 2028. The opportunity centers on recurring delivery services, with cost per kilogram delivered identified as a key competitive measure, and may extend to surface infrastructure, power, communications, and mobility needs for lunar operations.

- Companies eligible for CLPS 2 can evaluate their delivery economics and capabilities against the stated cost-per-kilogram focus; future task orders, rather than the program ceiling itself, will represent specific competed work.
- The existing CLPS ceiling increase and transportation task orders indicate continued NASA demand for lunar payload delivery alongside the new competition.
- Contractors can assess opportunities in the related lunar supply chain, including delivery, surface infrastructure, power, communications, and mobility, while distinguishing open competition from already awarded work such as Blue Origin’s rover delivery contract.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Transportation
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure, Contracting Vehicles
**Published:** November 08, 2026

### Government Entities
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

### Vendors
- Blue Origin (Lunar rover delivery awardee and eligible CLPS competitor)
- SpaceX (Eligible CLPS competitor; selected for a lunar communications-satellite demonstration)
- Firefly Aerospace (Eligible CLPS competitor)
- Intuitive Machines (Eligible CLPS competitor)
- Arrow Science and Technology (Transportation task-order awardee)

### Key Quotes
> When our astronauts return to the Moon, they will arrive with the first elements of the Moon Base already waiting for them on the surface.
> — Jared Isaacman, NASA Administrator

### Sources
- [NASA just turned the Moon into a logistics contract. CLPS 2 puts eight US companies on a 10-year, up-to-$10B delivery ladder. Competition on cost per kilogram delivered is how a base gets built. That is the right model. https://t.co/OIBOrIqmMz](https://x.com/danieljdevries/status/2119234555718873438) - twitter-agency
- [NASA unveils $10B Moon base contract as SpaceX, Blue Origin join lunar gold rush | Fox Business https://t.co/Qdc8njqpdX](https://x.com/ClayFranklin/status/2119366990326624330) - twitter-agency