PSC 9650: NONFERROUS BASE METAL REFINERY AND INTERMEDIATE FORMS — Federal Procurement Code

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

Description

Nonferrous Base Metal Refinery and Intermediate Forms

Includes

Ingots; Slabs.

Notes

Only bulk material will be identified in this class. a. Refinery Forms are raw unfinished ingots, pigs, that require refinement to be usable. b. Intermediate forms 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

3314

Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Production and Processing

33141

Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining

331410

Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining

33149

Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying

Related UNSPSC categories

27112146

Swivel base vise

43232304

Data base management system software

43232305

Data base reporting software

43232306

Data base user interface and query software

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 9650?

1 Use PSC 9650 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.