38400000-9
Instruments for checking physical characteristics
The official CPV 2008 entry for 38400000-9. 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
366
Published value, last 12 months
£126.6B
Buyers publishing most against this code
- UK Research and Innovation16
- UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)13
- UK Atomic Energy Authority10
- CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED9
- Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency9
Data as of 27 July 2026. Counted across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Sell2Wales, Public Contracts Scotland and eTendersNI.
Codes beneath this one
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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
- 38200000Geological and geophysical instruments
- 38300000Measuring instruments
- 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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