CPV code 38900000-4Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments
Public sector buyers use this code when a contract is for miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments. It sits under 38000000, laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses).
What it covers
The code above it
Codes beneath this one
More specific codes inside this one. Buyers pick one of these when a contract is narrower.
- 38910000Hygiene monitoring and testing equipment
- 38920000Seed and feed equipment
- 38930000Humidity and moisture measuring instruments
- 38940000Nuclear evaluation instruments
- 38950000Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment
- 38960000Alcohol ignition lock
- 38970000Research, testing and scientific technical simulator
Codes at the same level
Codes that share this one's parent. Buyers often file a contract under a neighbour instead of the code you'd expect.
- 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
Codes buyers use instead
Codes that appear on the same notices as this one. If you watch this code alone, this is where the work you miss tends to go.
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Questions people ask
What is CPV code 38900000?
38900000-4 is the CPV code for miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments. It sits under 38000000, laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses). 7 more specific codes sit beneath it.
Do buyers always use 38900000 for this work?
Not always. Buyers often pick a broader code, reuse last year's code, or file a mixed contract under its largest part. So searching by 38900000 alone misses work. Jonty reads each notice in full and matches it to what you do, whatever code the buyer chose.
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