PSC B505: SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- COST BENEFIT — Federal Procurement Code

B5 - SPECIAL STUDIES - NOT R and D L1: Professional Services

Description

Cost Benefit Analysis

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

524292

Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds

5251

Insurance and Employee Benefit Funds

333514

Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing

485991

Special Needs Transportation

Related UNSPSC categories

41103309

Flow injection analysis equipment

41104015

Plant samples analysis equipment

41104207

Water analysis systems

41106103

Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA typing kits

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 B505?

1 Use PSC B505 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.