PSC B549: SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- FOREIGN/NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY — Federal Procurement Code

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

Description

Foreign Policy/National Security Policy 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

928

National Security and International Affairs

9281

National Security and International Affairs

Related UNSPSC categories

43232501

Foreign language software

46101502

Police or security shotguns

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 B549?

1 Use PSC B549 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.