Federal obligations in other computer related services (NAICS 541519)

What “other” computer related services means

NAICS 541519 is the remainder category for computer-related services that do not fit 541511 (custom programming), 541512 (systems design), or 541513 (computer facilities management). On USAspending.gov the code tags contract awards classified that way. Disaster-recovery services, software installation that is not custom development, and other IT support that contracting officers place in the residual line can land here. It is not a Census label for “miscellaneous IT spending” in the budget sense; it is the NAICS on the award file.

Because residual codes attract a wide mix of work, 541519 can show more award records than the more specific IT lines even when its dollar total is smaller. This dataset has $107.4 billion on 82,933 awards. Volume and dollars tell different stories; a high award count does not mean a larger dollar total than a more specific IT code. Readers who quote only one will misread the industry.

Obligations, not an IT outlay account

USAspending records obligations on those 82,933 contract awards. Task orders, BPA calls, and modifications all feed $107,360,124,895.53. This packet has no fiscal-year split and no outlay total. Residual IT vehicles are often used for many small actions, which is consistent with a high award count.

Outlays are payments. Quote $107.4 billion as USAspending contract obligations coded to NAICS 541519. Do not treat it as total federal IT, which is split across several NAICS lines and also includes assistance that has no NAICS.

82,933 awards as a high-volume signal

Among the computer-service codes in this packet set, 541519 has the most award records. That usually means many relatively smaller actions rather than a few huge production lots. It is still not a count of help-desk tickets or of systems supported. One IDIQ can generate thousands of orders. Open the industry table to see concentration versus a long tail of small awards.

Neighboring IT codes to keep separate

Custom programming is 541511. Systems design is 541512. Computer facilities management is 541513. Software publishers are 511210. Adding those totals to 541519 without a rule for double-tagged or re-coded awards will overstate IT contracting. Assistance awards remain outside $107,360,124,895.53 when they lack NAICS.

SpendingVault aggregates USAspending.gov contract data. Both dollars and the 82,933 award count can move after corrections. The live industry page is the table of record.

Using the other-computer-services industry page

Open the OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES industry page for the award list under the headline. Place 541519 next to 541511–541513 and 511210 on All industries. Cite obligations, not outlays, and keep the 82,933 award count so the high-volume residual pattern is visible.

Citing a residual IT code without inflating federal IT

Cite $107,360,124,895.53 in USAspending obligations on 82,933 awards tagged NAICS 541519, other computer related services. The word other is load-bearing. It means the award was not classified as custom programming, systems design, or facilities management.

The 82,933 award count is a volume warning: many small actions can dominate the row count while dollars stay below more specific IT lines. Do not treat the total as all federal IT. Do not treat the count as tickets closed. Obligations, not outlays; contracts, not grants. The industry page lists the records.

Residual IT codes collect work that did not fit the named computer-service lines. That makes $107,360,124,895.53 a tagging remainder, not a strategy. Disaster-recovery support, certain software installation, and other computer-related services the officer could not place in 541511–541513 can land here. The 82,933 awards show how often that remainder bin is used, not how important each action was.

High row counts tempt people to call 541519 the real federal IT number because it looks busy. Busy is not bigger. This packet’s dollar total is $107.4 billion, below several more specific IT and professional lines in the same warehouse. Cite both dollars and 82,933 awards. Keep custom programming, systems design, facilities management, and publishers on their own pages.

Questions

How much is obligated on NAICS 541519 other computer related services?

USAspending.gov contract awards coded NAICS 541519 show $107,360,124,895.53 in obligations across 82,933 awards. That total is obligations, not outlays, for the residual other computer related services code. USAspending.gov records the amount as contract obligations, not outlays, on awards tagged NAICS 541519.

Why does 541519 have 82,933 awards but less money than systems design?

Residual IT services often generate many task orders and smaller actions. Systems design (541512) shows fewer awards and a larger dollar total in this dataset. The 82,933 count is award records, not a measure of IT quality or of systems deployed.

Is 541519 all federal IT contracting?

No. Custom programming, systems design, facilities management, and software publishing are separate NAICS lines. This table’s $107,360,124,895.53 is only awards tagged 541519. Treat the 82,933 figure as an award-record count, including orders and modifications, not as a physical inventory of products or sites.

Are IT grants included?

Assistance awards may not carry NAICS and are generally outside this industry total. The 82,933 awards are USAspending contract records tagged 541519. This guide does not add a fiscal-year split. Quote the live industry page if you need the current award list under OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES.