38000000-5
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
The official CPV 2008 entry for 38000000-5. UK public sector buyers use this code to classify contracts on Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Sell2Wales, Public Contracts Scotland and eTendersNI.
Tenders, last 12 months
1,936
Published value, last 12 months
£404.0B
Buyers publishing most against this code
- NPL Management Limited224
- UK Research and Innovation149
- UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)120
- Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency44
- UK Health Security Agency43
Data as of 27 July 2026. Counted across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Sell2Wales, Public Contracts Scotland and eTendersNI.
Codes beneath this one
More specific classifications inside this code. Buyers pick one of these when a contract has a narrow subject.
- 38100000Navigational and meteorological instruments
- 38200000Geological and geophysical instruments
- 38300000Measuring instruments
- 38400000Instruments for checking physical characteristics
- 38500000Checking and testing apparatus
- 38600000Optical instruments
- 38700000Time registers and the like; parking meters
- 38800000Industrial process control equipment and remote-control equipment
- 38900000Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments
Other top-level divisions
The other top-level CPV divisions. Each covers a different area of public sector spend, so scanning across them is how you find where a contract you would expect elsewhere actually sits.
- 03000000Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
- 09000000Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
- 14000000Mining, basic metals and related products
- 15000000Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
- 16000000Agricultural machinery
- 18000000Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories
- 19000000Leather and textile fabrics, plastic and rubber materials
- 22000000Printed matter and related products
- 24000000Chemical products
- 30000000Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
- 31000000Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
- 32000000Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
- 33000000Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 34000000Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
- 35000000Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
- 37000000Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories
- 39000000Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
- 41000000Collected and purified water
- 42000000Industrial machinery
- 43000000Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment
- 44000000Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
- 45000000Construction work
- 48000000Software package and information systems
- 50000000Repair and maintenance services
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Codes buyers commonly use instead
Codes that appear on the same notices as this one. If you monitor this code alone, these are where the work you are missing tends to land.
- 71000000Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 79000000Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 50000000Repair and maintenance services
- 72000000IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 31000000Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
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