PSC 1240: OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENT — Federal Procurement Code

12 - FIRE CONTROL EQPT. L1: Weapons & Ammunition

Description

Optical Sighting and Ranging Equipment

Includes

Periscopes for Submarines; Range and Height Finders; Telescopic Sights; Optical Instruments Integrated with Fire Control Equipment.

Suggested adjacent classifications

PSC codes describe what the government buys. These related classifications help connect procurement codes to industries, commodities, and trade workflows.

Related NAICS industries

2382

Building Equipment Contractors

23829

Other Building Equipment Contractors

238290

Other Building Equipment Contractors

333111

Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing

Related UNSPSC categories

23151701

Lens grinding machines

23151702

Lens measuring equipment

23151703

Lens polishing equipment

23151705

Optical vacuum coating equipment

Official data

Feature	Description
Official name	Product Service Codes (PSC)
Maintained by	U.S. federal acquisition community / GSA PSC Manual
Purpose	Classifies what the government buys: products and services
Primary use	Federal procurement reporting, contract categorization, spend analysis
Code type	Mixed/unspecified

When do you need PSC 1240?

1 Use PSC 1240 when identifying the product or service category on a U.S. federal contract.

2 Use it when filtering opportunities or spending data in SAM.gov, FPDS, or USASpending.

3 Use it when comparing a procurement category against related NAICS industries or UNSPSC commodities.

4 Use it when a contracting workflow needs the purchased item classification rather than the supplier industry code.