PSC B506: SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- DATA (OTHER THAN SCIENTIFIC) — Federal Procurement Code

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

Description

Data Analysis (other than scientific)

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

518

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

5182

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

51821

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

518210

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

Related UNSPSC categories

43232314

Business intelligence and data analysis software

43232620

Risk management data and analysis software

41103309

Flow injection analysis equipment

41104015

Plant samples analysis equipment

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 B506?

1 Use PSC B506 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.