42900000-5
Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery
The official CPV 2008 entry for 42900000-5. 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
504
Published value, last 12 months
£135.8B
Buyers publishing most against this code
- UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)18
- UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED14
- UK Atomic Energy Authority9
- The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)8
- Ministry of Justice8
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.
- 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
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
- 42600000Machine tools
- 42700000Machinery for textile, apparel and leather production
- 42800000Machinery for paper or paperboard production
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.
- 30200000Computer equipment and supplies
- 31000000Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
- 38000000Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- 39000000Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
- 50000000Repair and maintenance services
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