PSC 8340: TENTS AND TARPAULINS — Federal Procurement Code

83 - TEXTILE/LEATHER/FUR; TENT; FLAG L1: Clothing, Textiles & Subsistence S&E

Description

Tents and Tarpaulins

Includes

Tent Pins; Tent Poles; Multiple purpose covers of woven or unwoven fabrics, not for permanent installation.

Notes

Fitted covers which are specifically designed for use on or with specific individual types of equipment are excluded from this class and are to be classified in the same classes as the items for which they are designed, or in such other classes as are appropriate.

Suggested adjacent classifications

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

Related UNSPSC categories

24141506

Tarpaulins

42271712

Medical aerosol tents

49121503

Tents

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 8340?

1 Use PSC 8340 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.