PSC V221

Overview

The Product Service Code (PSC) system standardizes how the U.S. federal government classifies goods and services in procurement records, enabling consistent FPDS/SAM reporting, spend analysis, and category management. The PSC Manual and its published data files provide the authoritative PSC list, definitions, and selection guidance used by acquisition and financial analysts to tag contract actions and obligations for reporting and analysis. Agencies use PSCs to identify predominant services on awards, support category sourcing decisions, and enable consistent historical spend interrogation across federal portfolios. ¹

PSC V221 is the PSC entry used to identify passenger air charter services — on‑demand or nonscheduled air transport of passengers where the chartered flight, aircraft, or crew are procured to provide passenger carriage outside regular scheduled airline service. Agencies report PSCs in FPDS data element 8A to indicate the predominant service purchased for an award. ²

What this PSC covers

• Nonscheduled passenger air transportation (charter flights) — carriage of passengers without regular published routes or published schedules. ²
• Air taxi and on‑demand point‑to‑point passenger lift provided as a discrete service. ²
• Short‑notice movement to remote or rural locations where scheduled airline service is unavailable or impractical. ²
• Chartered aircraft where flight crew is provided by the supplier as part of the charter service. ²
• Passenger movement procured to support missions, training, or temporary deployments when purchased as a distinct charter service. ²

Related NAICS and PSC codes

FPDS reporting and common usage

FPDS uses the PSC value in data element 8A to indicate “what” was purchased for each contract action; select V221 when the predominant deliverable is passenger air charter service. The PSC Manual explains selection rules (predominant product/service) and notes that multiple PSCs may appear on a single award while the primary PSC reflects the main purchase, which agencies use for spend filters and category reporting. ¹

Frequently asked questions

• Q: When should a contract be coded V221 rather than a scheduled‑air PSC?
  A: Code V221 when the procurement is for nonscheduled or charter passenger flights with no regular published routes or schedules. Scheduled airline services, including published route carriage, are reported under scheduled‑air PSCs instead. ²

• Q: Which NAICS most commonly maps to PSC V221?
  A: The NAICS most closely aligned is 481211, “Nonscheduled chartered passenger air transportation,” which describes the industry activities typically procured under PSC V221. ³

• Q: Does V221 include air ambulance or medevac services?
  A: Air ambulance and medical evacuation are generally treated as distinct service categories and are reported under specialized medical/ambulance PSCs when medical transport is the primary requirement. Not specified by official sources whether mixed‑purpose missions always fall under V221. ¹

• Q: How do contracting officers verify the correct PSC for an air charter procurement?
  A: Contracting officers should review the statement of work/requirement against PSC definitions and the PSC data file descriptor, determine the predominant deliverable, and code the primary PSC in FPDS element 8A accordingly; supporting PSCs may be added for secondary services. ²

Useful resources

• G2X — PSC V221 overview.
• Product and Service Code (PSC) Manual, Acquisition.gov.
• PSC April 2025 data spreadsheet (official PSC code list), Acquisition.gov.
• NAICS: Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation — NAICS 481211.

References

1. Product and Service Code Manual, Acquisition.gov — PSC Manual landing page: https://www.acquisition.gov/psc-manual
2. PSC April 2025 data file (official PSC code list), Acquisition.gov: https://www.acquisition.gov/content/psc-april-2025.xlsx
3. NAICS — Nonscheduled chartered passenger air transportation (NAICS 481211), U.S. Census Bureau: https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=481211&year=2017