PSC 9520: STRUCTURAL SHAPES — Federal Procurement Code

95 - METAL BARS, SHEETS, SHAPES L1: Industrial Products & Services

Description

Structural Shapes

Includes

Bar Size Shapes (under 3 inches); Metal Piles and Piling; Angles; Channels; Tees; Zees.

Excludes

Plate, Sheet and Strip Materials (FSC 9515).

Notes

This class contains bulk material only. Specially designed items should be placed in a more appropriate class. This class includes items usually used in building, bridge and similar construction, such as, I beams, angles, and the like.

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

42461

Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes Merchant Wholesalers

424610

Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes Merchant Wholesalers

23812

Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors

238120

Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors

Related UNSPSC categories

Concrete or cement testing instruments

41114604

Corrosion testers

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 9520?

1 Use PSC 9520 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.