FY2025 obligations by the NAICS code on the award
37% of the $1.2B obligated under R707 in FY2025 went to awards coded NAICS 541712.
- 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)not in NAICS 2022$431.5M
- 541330 Engineering Services$177.5M
FY2025 federal contract obligations, USAspending.gov
PSC R707 covers contract, procurement, and acquisition support: the contract specialists, cost and price analysts, acquisition strategy advisors, and administration support that federal contracting shops buy to run their own workload. It is small next to R425 or R408 at $1.16 billion in FY2025, but it is one of the most precisely bounded codes in the R series, because both R408 and R410 name it as an explicit exclusion.
An unexpected leader
The top code is not management consulting. $432 million was awarded under 541712, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology), a NAICS code retired in the 2017 revision and still heavily used by federally funded research centers. Consulting 541611 follows at $237 million, then Engineering Services (541330) at $178 million, 541990 at $108 million, and 541690 at $41 million.
Why both code systems exist
Contracting officers pick the PSC to classify the purchase and the NAICS code to classify the industry of the work; vendors list their own codes in SAM.gov.
For a small acquisition-support firm this is a warning: the incumbent base includes research centers working under a NAICS code that looks nothing like yours. Search R707 by code, not by NAICS, or you will never see half of it.
PSC R707 FAQ
What does PSC R707 cover?
Contract, procurement, and acquisition support for federal buying offices, including contract administration support, cost and price analysis, and acquisition strategy advisory work.
What NAICS codes win R707 work?
541712 led FY2025 at $432 million, ahead of Administrative Management and General Management Consulting (541611) at $237 million and Engineering Services (541330) at $178 million.
How does R707 relate to R408 and R410?
The PSC Manual excludes R707 from both R408 program management and R410 program evaluation. The three form a mutually exclusive set, so a capture search that only watches one of them is structurally incomplete.
Why is a retired R&D NAICS code the largest here?
NAICS 541712 was superseded in the 2017 revision but remains attached to long-running awards, including federally funded research and development center contracts that provide acquisition support to their sponsors.