Find the CPV codes for what you sell. Search in plain English, check the codes in a tender notice, and build a list to copy into tender searches and alerts.
90919200-4
Each digit narrows the one before it. Zeros only fill a code out to eight digits, and the digit after the dash is a check digit.
90919200-4
Each digit narrows the one before it. Zeros only fill a code out to eight digits, and the digit after the dash is a check digit.
Search for what you sell, or choose a division, to see any code here.
The first two digits name the division, the first three the group, the first four the class and the first five the category. Each of the last three digits adds precision within the category, and zeros only fill a code out to eight digits.
The digit after the dash is a check digit, set for each code to verify the eight digits before it. Some portals, including Find a Tender, show codes without it.
Divisions 03 to 44 and 48 are for supplies, division 45 is for works, and divisions 50 to 98 are for services.
Paste a notice, a specification or a list of codes into the finder. It picks out every eight-digit code, with or without its check digit, and names each one.
A check digit that does not match the official code is pointed out, with the right one. A number that is not a CPV code is marked, with the nearest code above it. Add all to your list keeps the codes a buyer used, so you can search for similar contracts.
A starting point for work that small UK suppliers bid for. Select a code to open it in the finder, with the codes around it.
| Code | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 90910000-9 | Cleaning services | Services |
| 90919200-4 | Office cleaning services | Services |
| 72000000-5 | IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support | Services |
| 72610000-9 | Computer support services | Services |
| 72413000-8 | World wide web (www) site design services | Services |
| 45000000-7 | Construction work | Works |
| 79410000-1 | Business and management consultancy services | Services |
| 55520000-1 | Catering services | Services |
| 79710000-4 | Security services | Services |
| 79600000-0 | Recruitment services | Services |
| 79620000-6 | Supply services of personnel including temporary staff | Services |
| 80500000-9 | Training services | Services |
| 90511000-2 | Refuse collection services | Services |
| 77314000-4 | Grounds maintenance services | Services |
| 79100000-5 | Legal services | Services |
| 79340000-9 | Advertising and marketing services | Services |
| 50700000-2 | Repair and maintenance services of building installations | Services |
| 71000000-8 | Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services | Services |
| 79993100-2 | Facilities management services | Services |
| 85310000-5 | Social work services | Services |
| 79530000-8 | Translation services | Services |
| 79810000-5 | Printing services | Services |
CPV stands for Common Procurement Vocabulary. A CPV code is a number that describes what a public contract is for, so buyers and suppliers use the same terms for the same work. Each code has eight digits, a dash and a check digit, such as 90910000-9 for cleaning services.
Yes. Under the Procurement Act 2023, a tender notice gives the relevant CPV codes for the contract, and Find a Tender lets you search for notices and save searches by CPV code. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI also use CPV codes for supplier alerts.
There is no set number. Choose every code that describes work you would bid for, plus the broader codes above them, then remove any that bring notices you never want.
A check digit. The regulation sets one for each code to verify the eight digits before it. The finder looks each one up, so it can tell you when a code was copied with the wrong check digit.
All 9,454 main codes, with their check digits and English descriptions, come from Annex I of Commission Regulation (EC) No 213/2008, as published on legislation.gov.uk. CPV © European Union, reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU. The finder does not include the supplementary vocabulary, the letter codes such as AA01-1 that describe extra details of a purchase.
The vocabulary dates from 2008, so some newer services, such as cloud hosting, have no code of their own. Search for an older term that covers the work, such as data storage or software, and add the broader code above it.
Yes. It needs no account and no sign-in.
Yes. The finder runs in this browser, and nothing you type in the search box is sent to Bidsights or anyone else. Your list is saved on this device until you clear it or your browsing data. Opening a code puts it in the page address so you can bookmark it, and a shared link carries its list's codes.
Codes help you find the right tenders. Bidsights is a CRM for bid management, for the work that follows. It keeps each bid with its customer, bid/no-bid decision and tender pack, which you can review with Bidsights AI, plus tasks with owners and due dates, and the contract that follows a win.