FY2025 obligations by the NAICS code on the award
45% of the $747.0M obligated under 7C20 in FY2025 went to awards coded NAICS 541519.
- 511210 Software Publishersretired 2022, now 513210$30.7M
FY2025 federal contract obligations, USAspending.gov
PSC 7C20 covers hardware, software, and other equipment for tiered or enterprise data center facilities that house and protect critical IT equipment. The manual splits this from 7C21, which covers non-tiered facilities such as computer rooms and main distribution frame and telecom closets, along with the racks, cabling, and management systems inside them. That distinction, tiered facility against everything else, is the whole boundary. FY2025 obligations for 7C20 were $747 million.
Reseller-led, as usual for products
541519, Other Computer Related Services, took $340 million, about 45 percent. Electronic Computer Manufacturing (334111) took $228 million, Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing (334210) took $72 million, Computer Systems Design Services (541512) took $39 million, and software publishers 511210 took $31 million. The pattern holds across the entire 7 series: agencies buy IT products through solution providers, and manufacturer codes sit second.
The two-code system in a sentence
The PSC names the purchase and the NAICS code names the industry the contracting officer assigned to the buy, often a reseller code, which is why manufacturer codes rarely lead a product PSC.
Selling into data centers means tracking four codes at once: 7C20 and 7C21 for the equipment, DC01 for the support labor, and DC10 when the agency buys the whole facility as a service instead.
PSC 7C20 FAQ
What does PSC 7C20 cover?
Hardware, perpetually licensed software, and other equipment for tiered or enterprise data center facilities that house and protect critical IT equipment.
What NAICS codes win 7C20 work?
541519 took $340 million of $747 million in FY2025, with Electronic Computer Manufacturing (334111) second at $228 million and Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing (334210) third at $72 million.
What is the difference between 7C20 and 7C21?
7C20 is for tiered and enterprise data centers. 7C21 covers non-tiered facilities such as computer rooms and MDF or telecom closets, including racks, cabling, and management systems.
Where does data center labor get coded?
DC01 covers support labor including smart hands, power, cabling, and environmental controls. DC10 covers data center capability consumed as a service.