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CPV code lookup
Every public tender is tagged with codes from the Common Procurement Vocabulary. Find the codes for what you sell, see how many open UK tenders use each one, and set your alerts to match. All 9,454 codes, with the official EU descriptions.
38500000-0 Checking and testing apparatus
Group in division Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses). 5 open UK tenders use this code or one below it.
Open tenders under this code
- Procurement of Handheld 3D SLAM scanner with a backpack mount and software
Chemonics International, Inc. · From £1 · closes 5 Nov 2026
- Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of an Advanced Fluorescence Microscope System with Widefield, Confocal and Super-Resolution Imaging Capabilities
Heriot-Watt University · £600,000 · closes 16 Nov 2026
- SPS-02361 Substance Screening & Related Services
Scottish Prison Service · closes 1 Dec 2026
- BLC0111 - Mobile Preliminary Roadside Drug Testing
BlueLight Commercial · £8,000,000 - £10,000,000 · closes 30 May 2027
- YPO - 000772 Road Marking and Surfacing
YPO · Up to £50,000,000 · closes 24 Feb 2029
Codes under 38500000
- 38510000-3Microscopes1 open
- 38520000-6Scanners1 open
- 38530000-9Diffraction apparatusnone open
- 38540000-2Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring2 open
- 38550000-5Metersnone open
- 38560000-8Production countersnone open
- 38570000-1Regulating and controlling instruments and apparatusnone open
- 38580000-4Non-medical equipment based on the use of radiationsnone open
Reading a CPV code
A code has eight digits and a check digit after the dash: 45210000-2. The first two digits are the division (45, construction work), the third the group (452), the fourth the class (4521) and the fifth the category (45211). Codes ending in zeros sit higher up the tree. The check digit only guards against typing errors.
Browse live tenders by division on the CPV category pages, or read our guide to CPV codes.