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Public authorities describe what they buy with CPV codes. Searching for tenders by keywords alone misses notices worded differently; following the right codes shows you all of them.
The right code beats ten keywords.
Get tender alerts →In short: the CPV code (Common Procurement Vocabulary) is the European Union nomenclature that describes the subject of every public procurement, established by Regulation (EC) No 2195/2002 and updated by Regulation (EC) No 213/2008. It has 8 digits plus a check digit, for example 45000000-7, Construction work. The first two digits show the field, and each additional digit narrows it down. Every notice in SEAP, the Romanian public procurement system, has a main CPV code: you choose the codes of your field and follow the tenders published under them.
The same field, ever more precise.
| Level | Example |
|---|---|
| Division (first 2 digits) | 45000000-7 Construction work |
| Group (first 3 digits) | 45200000-9 Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work |
| Class (first 4 digits) | 45210000-2 Building construction work |
| The digit after the hyphen | check digit: verifies that the code was written correctly and does not change its meaning |
Divisions 03–44 and 48 describe supplies, division 45 works and divisions 50–98 services. The nomenclature has 9,454 codes.
Five steps, from the field to the exact codes.
Find the first two digits of your field in the table below.
An electrical installation company follows 45310000-3, not the whole of division 45.
In IT, services (72), software (48) and equipment (30200000-1) appear in different tenders.
Award notices in your field show which codes authorities actually use.
Add the codes from notices you missed.
The official names from the CPV nomenclature.
| Field | CPV codes |
|---|---|
| Construction | 45000000-7 Construction work 45210000-2 Building construction work 45233000-9 Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads 45310000-3 Electrical installation work 45330000-9 Plumbing and sanitary works 45400000-1 Building completion work 44000000-0 Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus) |
| Design and engineering | 71000000-8 Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services |
| IT and software | 72000000-5 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 72200000-7 Software programming and consultancy services 72400000-4 Internet services 48000000-8 Software package and information systems 30200000-1 Computer equipment and supplies |
| Office equipment and supplies | 30000000-9 Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages 30192000-1 Office supplies |
| Furniture | 39100000-3 Furniture 39000000-2 Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products |
| Medical | 33100000-1 Medical equipments 33600000-6 Pharmaceutical products 85000000-9 Health and social work services |
| Cleaning and waste | 90910000-9 Cleaning services 90911200-8 Building-cleaning services 90500000-2 Refuse and waste related services |
| Guarding and security | 79713000-5 Guard services 79710000-4 Security services |
| Transport | 60000000-8 Transport services (excl. Waste transport) 60100000-9 Road transport services 34000000-7 Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation |
| Consulting, accounting, legal | 79400000-8 Business and management consultancy and related services 79200000-6 Accounting, auditing and fiscal services 79100000-5 Legal services |
| Advertising and printing | 79341000-6 Advertising services 79800000-2 Printing and related services 22000000-0 Printed matter and related products |
| Catering and food | 55520000-1 Catering services 55300000-3 Restaurant and food-serving services 15000000-8 Food, beverages, tobacco and related products |
| Training | 80000000-4 Education and training services |
| Repair and maintenance | 50000000-5 Repair and maintenance services |
| Energy and fuels | 09000000-3 Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy 09300000-2 Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy |
The names are the official ones from the CPV nomenclature (Regulation (EC) No 213/2008), checked on 26.10.2026 in the CPV file published on TED (ted.europa.eu), the EU public procurement portal.
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