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PSC 8415: CLOTHING, SPECIAL PURPOSE — Federal Procurement Code

84 - CLOTHING, INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENT, INSIGNA, AND JEWELRY L1: Clothing, Textiles & Subsistence S&E

Description

Clothing, Special Purpose

Includes

Special Purpose Headwear, including Helmets, except Ballistic Protective; Safety and Protective Clothing; Athletic Clothing; Safety, Combat, Protective, and Work Gloves; Submarine Deck Exposure Clothing; Flight Clothing Components designed for use with both Specialized and Conventional Ensembles.

Excludes

special purpose clothing wherein the primary purpose is ballistic resistant protection; Sporting and Athletic Gloves; Athletic Footwear; Safety Footwear; Personal Armor; Special Hospital and Surgical Clothing.

Notes

This class includes conventional winter, summer, and intermediate flight clothing ensembles and their components. Excluded from this class are specialized antiexposure, antigravity, partial pressure, and full pressure, flight ensembles and their specialized components.

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

11213
Dual-Purpose Cattle Ranching and Farming
112130
Dual-Purpose Cattle Ranching and Farming
333514
Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing
3339
Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing

Related UNSPSC categories

43191507
Special purpose telephones
26101112
General purpose motor AC
39112201
Atmospheric effect apparatus
39112202
Bubble machine

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 8415?

1 Use PSC 8415 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.