PSC R404

Overview

The Product Service Code (PSC) is the federal taxonomy used to classify goods and services in procurement systems such as FPDS and SAM, supporting consistent contract reporting, spend analysis, and category management. The PSC list and governance are maintained through the PSC Manual on Acquisition.gov, which explains PSC structure, assignment, and use in federal reporting ¹.

PSC R404 designates professional land-surveying and cadastral services where the work is non-construction in nature; official listings describe R404 as “Land Surveys, Cadastral Services (non-construction)” and show it grouped with surveying, mapping, and related A&E service codes for FPDS classification and reporting ².

• See also on G2X:
  • PSC R404
  • PSC T014
  • NAICS 541370

What this PSC covers

• Boundary and property-line surveys.
• Cadastral mapping and legal parcel documentation.
• Control surveys and monumentation for land records.
• Topographic data collection for non-construction planning.
• Record-of-survey and deed-plotting services.
• GIS-ready survey deliverables and coordinate conversion.

Related NAICS and PSC codes

(These associations appear in official PSC/FAR listings and the PSC category groupings used for FPDS reporting) ².

Contracting considerations

• Typical deliverables: certified plats, control-network reports, survey sketches, GIS-compatible vectors, and monument descriptions; specific deliverables and certification requirements must be defined in the solicitation. Not specified by official sources ¹.
• Security and access: contract language frequently addresses site access, rights-of-entry, and coordination with landowners or local cadastral authorities; these administrative procedures are set by the contracting activity and solicitation. Not specified by official sources ¹.
• Pricing approach: R404 work is procured via common federal approaches (firm-fixed-price, time-and-materials) depending on scope and acquisition strategy; FPDS award records show R404 used across multiple contract types ³.

Frequently asked questions

• What activities qualify under PSC R404?

  R404 covers professional land-survey and cadastral services performed for recordation, boundary determination, or mapping where the work is non-construction (not building or infrastructure construction). The official PSC listing names R404 “Land Surveys, Cadastral Services (non-construction).” ²

• Which NAICS should be used with R404?

  Agencies commonly pair R404 with NAICS codes for surveying and mapping such as 541370; contracting officers assign the NAICS that best reflects the principal purpose of the acquisition. Evidence of these pairings appears in PSC groupings and FPDS classifications ².

• Are A&E restrictions applicable to R404 procurements?

  R404 appears with surveying and mapping service codes used in A&E-type reporting, but Brooks Act or A&E statutory selection procedures apply only where the acquisition meets the legal definition of architect-engineer design services; the PSC alone does not determine Brooks Act applicability. Not specified by official sources ¹.

• How is R404 reported in federal procurement systems?

  R404 is a valid FPDS PSC entry and is applied by agencies when recording awards for land-survey or cadastral tasks; FPDS award records include R404 as the product/service code for relevant contract actions ³.

Useful resources

• PSC R404 — G2X overview (internal link).
• Product and Service Code Manual — Acquisition.gov.
• FAC 2001-15 (PSC listings and notice of PSC entries).
• Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) — award searches and classification examples.

References

1. Product and Service Code Manual — Acquisition.gov. https://www.acquisition.gov/psc-manual.
2. FAC 2001-15; Federal Acquisition Circular (lists PSC entries including R404). https://www.acquisition.gov/reg-change-notice/fac2001-15.
3. Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). https://www.fpds.gov.