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DB10

PSC DB10: IT AND TELECOM - COMPUTE AS A SERVICE: MAINFRAME/SERVERS — Federal Procurement Code

DB - IT AND TELECOM - COMPUTE L1: IT

Description

Computing delivered as a service in a public or private cloud environment, such as services for traditional mainframe computers and operations running Windows, Linux, converged infrastructure or UNIX operating systems.

Includes

Software that is licensed for use over a defined period of time. This can also be referred to term, temporary, provisional, or short-term.

Excludes

Support for High Performance Computing.

Notes

Software as a Service, Service Contracts, Subscription based software provisioning, and device rentals are considered services.

Suggested adjacent classifications

PSC codes describe what the government buys. These related classifications help connect procurement codes to industries, commodities, and trade workflows.

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 DB10?

1 Use PSC DB10 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.