PSC 3990: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT — Federal Procurement Code

39 - MATERIALS HANDLING EQPT L1: Transportation and Logistics Services

Description

Miscellaneous Materials Handling Equipment.

Includes

Skids; Pallets

Excludes

Airfield Engine Transport Skids.

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

33392

Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing

2382

Building Equipment Contractors

23829

Other Building Equipment Contractors

238290

Other Building Equipment Contractors

Related UNSPSC categories

20122824

Pipe handling 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 3990?

1 Use PSC 3990 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.