PSC 5905: RESISTORS — Federal Procurement Code

59 - ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC EQPT COMPNTS L1: Electronic & Communication Equipment

Description

Resistors

Includes

Varistors; Resistive Ballast Tubes; Rheostats; Resistor Networks; Resistor Mounting Hardware; Thermistors.

Excludes

Resistance Wire.

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

334416

Capacitor, Resistor, Coil, Transformer, and Other Inductor Manufacturing

Related UNSPSC categories

32121603

Variable resistors or varistors

32121610

Thermistor

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 5905?

1 Use PSC 5905 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.