48000000-8
Software package and information systems
The official CPV 2008 entry for 48000000-8. 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
6,973
Published value, last 12 months
£598.5B
Buyers publishing most against this code
- UK Research and Innovation125
- UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED107
- NHS England83
- Coventry University65
- National Highways Limited58
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.
- 48100000Industry specific software package
- 48200000Networking, Internet and intranet software package
- 48300000Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package
- 48400000Business transaction and personal business software package
- 48500000Communication and multimedia software package
- 48600000Database and operating software package
- 48700000Software package utilities
- 48800000Information systems and servers
- 48900000Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
Other top-level divisions
The other top-level CPV divisions. Each covers a different area of public sector spend, so scanning across them is how you find where a contract you would expect elsewhere actually sits.
- 03000000Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
- 09000000Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
- 14000000Mining, basic metals and related products
- 15000000Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
- 16000000Agricultural machinery
- 18000000Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories
- 19000000Leather and textile fabrics, plastic and rubber materials
- 22000000Printed matter and related products
- 24000000Chemical products
- 30000000Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
- 31000000Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
- 32000000Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
- 33000000Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
- 34000000Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
- 35000000Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
- 37000000Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories
- 38000000Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- 39000000Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
- 41000000Collected and purified water
- 42000000Industrial machinery
- 43000000Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment
- 44000000Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
- 45000000Construction work
- 50000000Repair and maintenance services
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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.
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