By Outrider Editorial Team · Updated August 20, 2026
PSC R702 is the management-series code for data collection: field data capture, sampling and measurement programs, records and information gathering, and the processing that surrounds them. FY2025 obligations reached $979 million.
Read the exclusion before you bid
The PSC Manual excludes market research and public opinion work from R702 by name, including telephone and field interviews, focus testing, and surveys. That entire body of work belongs to PSC R422. It is the single most commonly missed distinction in the R7 series, because "collecting data from people" sounds like data collection in plain English and is not, under this manual.
Where the money went
541990 led at $209 million, then Other Computer Related Services (541519) at $176 million, Computing Infrastructure Providers and Data Processing (518210) at $136 million, custom programming 541511 at $128 million, and telemarketing bureaus and contact centers 561422 at $122 million. Three of the top five are IT registrations, which reflects how much modern data collection is really instrumentation and pipeline work.
The short version of the two-code question
The PSC is assigned per award by the buyer; the NAICS code follows the seller from its SAM.gov profile.
If you run surveys, set your alerts on R422. If you build collection systems, R702 is your code.
NAICS crosswalk
Where FY2025 R702 dollars landed, by the winning vendor's registered NAICS code.
- 541519Other Computer Related Services$176.3M
- 541511Custom Computer Programming Services$128.2M
- 561422Telemarketing Bureaus and Other Contact Centers$121.8M
FY2025 federal contract obligations, USAspending.gov
Frequently Asked
PSC R702 questions, answered.
What does PSC R702 cover?
Data collection services other than surveys and public opinion research: field data capture, measurement and sampling programs, records gathering, and the systems that support them.
What NAICS codes win R702 work?
541990 at $209 million, Other Computer Related Services (541519) at $176 million, and Computing Infrastructure Providers and Data Processing (518210) at $136 million led FY2025, an IT-heavy mix for a code most people read as fieldwork.
Are surveys and polling included in R702?
No. The manual explicitly excludes market research and public opinion work, including telephone and field interviews, focus testing, and surveys, and routes it to PSC R422.
Why are contact centers in the top five?
Contact centers run inbound and outbound collection programs for agencies. Where that work is scoped as data capture rather than opinion research, it stays inside R702.
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