diff --git a/test-backends/src/vws_mock_test_backends/http_transport.py b/test-backends/src/vws_mock_test_backends/http_transport.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27ac9911b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-backends/src/vws_mock_test_backends/http_transport.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+"""HTTP transport for unmatched contract-suite requests."""
+
+from http import HTTPMethod
+
+import requests
+from beartype import beartype
+
+from vws_mock_contract_tests.utils.unrouted_requests import (
+    UnroutedRequests,
+    UnroutedResponse,
+)
+
+
+@beartype
+def http_unrouted_requests(
+    *, base_vws_url: str, returns_response: bool
+) -> UnroutedRequests:
+    """Bind unmatched requests to an endpoint and its response policy."""
+
+    @beartype
+    def send_http_request(
+        *,
+        method: HTTPMethod,
+        request_path: str,
+        headers: dict[str, str],
+    ) -> UnroutedResponse | None:
+        """Send an unmatched request to the configured VWS URL."""
+        try:
+            response = requests.request(
+                method=method,
+                url=base_vws_url + request_path,
+                headers=headers,
+                timeout=30,
+            )
+        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+            return None
+
+        return UnroutedResponse(
+            status_code=response.status_code,
+            body=response.content,
+            content_type=response.headers.get("Content-Type"),
+            content_encoding=response.headers.get("Content-Encoding"),
+            upstream_service_time=response.headers.get(
+                "x-envoy-upstream-service-time",
+            ),
+        )
+
+    return UnroutedRequests(
+        send=send_http_request,
+        returns_response=returns_response,
+    )
diff --git a/test-backends/src/vws_mock_test_backends/vuforia_backends.py b/test-backends/src/vws_mock_test_backends/vuforia_backends.py
index f2a53e702..887682c13 100644
--- a/test-backends/src/vws_mock_test_backends/vuforia_backends.py
+++ b/test-backends/src/vws_mock_test_backends/vuforia_backends.py
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@
 import logging
 from collections.abc import Generator
 from enum import Enum
-from http import HTTPMethod
 
 import pytest
-import requests
 from beartype import beartype
 from pytest_multi_backend import backend_fixture
 from vws import VWS
@@ -28,7 +26,6 @@
 )
 from vws_mock_contract_tests.utils.unrouted_requests import (
     UnroutedRequests,
-    UnroutedResponse,
 )
 from vws_mock_test_backends.flask_backend import (
     add_cloud_database,
@@ -37,6 +34,7 @@
     seed_flask_recognition_counts,
     send_flask_unrouted_request,
 )
+from vws_mock_test_backends.http_transport import http_unrouted_requests
 from vws_mock_test_backends.in_memory_backend import (
     enable_in_memory_model_targets,
     enable_in_memory_vuforia,
@@ -480,36 +478,8 @@ def fixture_unrouted_requests(
             returns_response=True,
         )
 
-    @beartype
-    def send_http_request(
-        *,
-        method: HTTPMethod,
-        request_path: str,
-        headers: dict[str, str],
-    ) -> UnroutedResponse | None:
-        """Send an unmatched request to the configured VWS URL."""
-        try:
-            response = requests.request(
-                method=method,
-                url=base_vws_url + request_path,
-                headers=headers,
-                timeout=30,
-            )
-        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
-            return None
-
-        return UnroutedResponse(
-            status_code=response.status_code,
-            body=response.content,
-            content_type=response.headers.get("Content-Type"),
-            content_encoding=response.headers.get("Content-Encoding"),
-            upstream_service_time=response.headers.get(
-                "x-envoy-upstream-service-time",
-            ),
-        )
-
-    return UnroutedRequests(
-        send=send_http_request,
+    return http_unrouted_requests(
+        base_vws_url=base_vws_url,
         returns_response=_vws_backend != VuforiaBackend.MOCK,
     )