PSC 9640: IRON AND STEEL PRIMARY AND SEMIFINISHED PRODUCTS — Federal Procurement Code

96 - ORES, MINERALS AND PRIMARY PRODUCTS L1: Industrial Products & Services

Description

Iron and Steel Primary and Semifinished Products

Includes

Ingots; Pigs; Billets; Blooms; Muck Bar; Rods for Wire; Sheet Bar; Skelp; Tube Rounds.

Notes

Only bulk material will be identified in this class. a. Primary products are raw unfinished ingots, pigs, that require refinement to be usable. b. Semi-finished items are primary products that have been refined to a state that requires further manufacturing processes to its final, usable state.

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

3311

Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing

33111

Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing

331110

Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing

33121

Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel

Related UNSPSC categories

42201608

Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI primary or remote or secondary consoles

20142903

Steel holding tank

23251508

Steel bar bending machine

23271603

Soldering iron

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 9640?

1 Use PSC 9640 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.