Support (Professional): Program Evaluation/Review/Development

PSC R410 covers federal program evaluation and review with $844 million obligated in FY2025. It is defined mainly by what it excludes.

PSC R410 · Family R: Professional, Administrative, and Management Support Services · Published

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FY2025 obligations by the NAICS code on the award

32% of the $844.1M obligated under R410 in FY2025 went to awards coded NAICS 541611.

FY2025 federal contract obligations, USAspending.gov

PSC R410 covers program evaluation, review, and development: independent assessments of whether a program is achieving its objectives, milestone and readiness reviews, and the analytic work that reshapes a program. FY2025 obligations were $844 million.

Defined by its neighbours

The manual gives R410 no positive description, only exclusions: program management and support (R408) and contract, procurement, and acquisition support (R707). The boundary is about role, not subject. Running the program is R408. Judging the program is R410. Helping award and administer the contracts underneath it is R707. Independent review teams should be able to point at that distinction in a proposal.

Where the dollars land

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611) led at $268 million, then engineering services 541330 at $140 million. Third is the odd one: 336413, Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing, at $95 million, which points at independent review work performed inside aviation sustainment programs on contracts coded as manufacturing. Computer systems design 541512 adds $52 million and 541519 another $48 million.

PSC and NAICS, one line

Two classifications ride on every award: the PSC for the requirement and the NAICS code for the industry of the work.

Search R408, R410, and R707 as a set. The manual treats them as mutually exclusive, so a single-code search will always be partial.

PSC R410 FAQ

What does PSC R410 cover?

Independent program evaluation, review, and development work, including assessments of program performance and the analysis behind program restructuring.

What NAICS codes win R410 work?

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611) at $268 million and Engineering Services (541330) at $140 million lead, with Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336413) an unusual third at $95 million.

How do I tell R410 from R408?

R408 is doing or supporting program management. R410 is assessing it. The PSC Manual lists each as an exclusion of the other, so any single requirement should fall clearly on one side.

Does independent verification and validation belong in R410?

Assessment-focused IV&V of a program fits R410. IV&V that is really engineering analysis of a system tends to be coded R425, and software-specific IV&V often lands in the DA or DJ IT service codes instead.

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