CPV code 42900000-5Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery
Public sector buyers use this code when a contract is for miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery. It sits under 42000000, industrial machinery.
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.
- 42910000Distilling, filtering or rectifying apparatus
- 42920000Machinery for cleaning bottles, packing and weighing and spraying machinery
- 42930000Centrifuges, calendering or vending machines
- 42940000Machinery for the heat treatment of materials
- 42950000Parts of general-purpose machinery
- 42960000Command and control system, printing, graphics, office automation and information-processing equipment
- 42970000Parts of dishwashing machines and of machines for cleaning, filling, packing or wrapping
- 42980000Gas generators
- 42990000Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery
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.
- 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
- 42600000Machine tools
- 42700000Machinery for textile, apparel and leather production
- 42800000Machinery for paper or paperboard production
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.
- 30200000Computer equipment and supplies
- 31000000Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
- 32000000Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
- 38000000Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- 39000000Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
Working out which codes to watch? Read the Jonty blog for how buyers really label contracts.
Questions people ask
What is CPV code 42900000?
42900000-5 is the CPV code for miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery. It sits under 42000000, industrial machinery. 9 more specific codes sit beneath it.
Do buyers always use 42900000 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 42900000 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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