IT and Telecom: Data Center Support Services (Labor)

PSC DC01 covers federal data center support labor including smart hands and MDF closets, with $798 million obligated in FY2025.

PSC DC01 · Family D: Automatic Data Processing and Telecommunication Services · Published

By Outrider Editorial Team

FY2025 obligations by the NAICS code on the award

45% of the $798.3M obligated under DC01 in FY2025 went to awards coded NAICS 541512.

FY2025 federal contract obligations, USAspending.gov

PSC DC01 covers labor supporting data center facilities. The manual's scope is refreshingly physical for an IT code: the space, power, environmental controls, racks, cabling, and smart hands support that keep critical IT equipment running, across tiered and non-tiered computer rooms, main distribution frame and telecom closets, and other facilities housing IT equipment. FY2025 obligations were $798 million.

Facility work inside an IT code

Smart hands and MDF closets sitting in a D-family code matters for anyone doing cabling, rack, and power work. That labor is not classified under the construction or facilities service codes; it belongs here, alongside cloud and application work, which is why facility-services firms routinely miss it.

Where the dollars land

Computer Systems Design Services (541512) took $362 million, Other Computer Related Services (541519) took $164 million, Computer Facilities Management Services (541513) took $78 million, 541511 took $54 million, and Computing Infrastructure Providers and Data Processing (518210) took $44 million. All five are IT codes, none is a facilities code, which reinforces the point: the work is physical but the market is coded as information technology.

One line on the two systems

The PSC is the government's label for the purchase and the NAICS code is the government's label for the industry of the work.

Pair DC01 with DC10 for the service side and 7C20 and 7C21 for the equipment.

PSC DC01 FAQ

What does PSC DC01 cover?

Labor supporting data center facilities: space, power, environmental controls, racks, cabling, and smart hands support across tiered and non-tiered computer rooms, MDF and telecom closets, and other facilities housing IT equipment.

What NAICS codes win DC01 work?

Computer Systems Design Services (541512) at $362 million, Other Computer Related Services (541519) at $164 million, and Computer Facilities Management Services (541513) at $78 million lead. Every code in the FY2025 top five is an IT code.

Is cabling and rack work really an IT code?

Under the current manual, yes. DC01 names racks, cabling, power, and environmental controls directly, so this labor is classified as IT support rather than facilities or construction.

What is the difference between DC01 and DC10?

DC01 is support labor for facilities the government controls. DC10 is data center capability consumed as a service from a third party, including colocation and managed service provider data centers.

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