PSC B540: SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- BUILDING TECHNOLOGY — Federal Procurement Code

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

Description

Building Technology Studies

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

2361

Residential Building Construction

23611

Residential Building Construction

2362

Nonresidential Building Construction

23621

Industrial Building Construction

Related UNSPSC categories

43191507

Special purpose telephones

43231604

Financial analysis software

43232314

Business intelligence and data analysis software

43232407

Requirements analysis and system architecture 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 B540?

1 Use PSC B540 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.