42600000-2
Machine tools
The official CPV 2008 entry for 42600000-2. 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
95
Published value, last 12 months
£8.5B
Buyers publishing most against this code
- UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD9
- Yeovil College7
- UK Research and Innovation5
- UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)5
- Tameside College4
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.
- 42610000Machine tools operated by laser and machining centres
- 42620000Lathes, boring and milling machine tools
- 42630000Metal-working machine tools
- 42640000Machine tools for working hard materials except metals
- 42650000Pneumatic or motorised hand tools
- 42660000Soldering, brazing and welding tools, surface tempering and hot-spraying machines and equipment
- 42670000Parts and accessories of machine tools
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.
- 42100000Machinery for the production and use of mechanical power
- 42200000Machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing and associated parts
- 42300000Industrial or laboratory furnaces, incinerators and ovens
- 42400000Lifting and handling equipment and parts
- 42500000Cooling and ventilation equipment
- 42700000Machinery for textile, apparel and leather production
- 42800000Machinery for paper or paperboard production
- 42900000Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery
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.
Working out which codes to monitor? Read the Jonty blog for how UK buyers actually classify contracts, and what that means for finding them.
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