PSC 3650: CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING MACHINERY — Federal Procurement Code

36 - SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY L1: Industrial Products & Services

Description

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Products Manufacturing Machinery

Includes

Crushers and Mills for Chemical Materials; Pharmaceutical Briquetting and Tabletting Presses; Chemical Explosives Manufacturing Machinery.

Excludes

Construction Materials Crushers, Mills and Pulverizers; Plastics Products Manufacturing Machinery; Pharmaceutical Products Wrapping and Packaging Machinery; Laboratory and Shop Type Mills and Mixers.

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

325

Chemical Manufacturing

3251

Basic Chemical Manufacturing

32518

Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing

325180

Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing

Related UNSPSC categories

23151801

Ampoule filling equipment

23151804

Reactors or fermenters or digesters

23151805

Filling or sealing auger dose machines

23151806

Pharmaceutical filters or ultra filters

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 3650?

1 Use PSC 3650 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.