38200000-7
Geological and geophysical instruments
The official CPV 2008 entry for 38200000-7. 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
87
Published value, last 12 months
£1.7B
Buyers publishing most against this code
- National Oceanography Centre19
- National Highways Limited6
- UK Research and Innovation5
- Natural England4
- UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)4
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.
- 38210000Geological compasses
- 38220000Geological prospecting apparatus
- 38230000Electromagnetic geophysical instruments
- 38240000Gravity geophysical instruments
- 38250000Induced polarization IP geophysical instruments
- 38260000Magnetometer geophysical instruments
- 38270000Resistivity geophysical instruments
- 38280000Gravimeters
- 38290000Surveying, hydrographic, oceanographic and hydrological instruments and appliances
Related codes at the same level
Codes that share this one's parent. Worth scanning: buyers regularly file a contract under a neighbour rather than the code you would expect.
- 38100000Navigational and meteorological 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
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