# CPV 38000000-5: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Official label (Regulation (EC) No 213/2008):

- EN: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
- PT: Equipamento laboratorial, óptico e de precisão (exc. óculos)
- ES: Equipo de laboratorio, óptico y de precisión (excepto gafas)
- FR: Équipements de laboratoire, d'optique et de précision (excepté les lunettes)

Beneath this code (9):
- 38100000-6 Navigational and meteorological instruments
- 38200000-7 Geological and geophysical instruments
- 38300000-8 Measuring instruments
- 38400000-9 Instruments for checking physical characteristics
- 38500000-0 Checking and testing apparatus
- 38600000-1 Optical instruments
- 38700000-2 Time registers and the like; parking meters
- 38800000-3 Industrial process control equipment and remote-control equipment
- 38900000-4 Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments

The busiest codes beneath this one, in Portugal:
- 38421100-3 Water meters (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38421100): 75 contracts, €5.9m
- 38424000-3 Measuring and control equipment (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38424000): 61 contracts, €2.7m
- 38970000-5 Research, testing and scientific technical simulator (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38970000): 49 contracts, €2.7m
- 38432200-4 Chromatographs (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38432200): 28 contracts, €2.9m
- 38295000-9 Topography equipment (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38295000): 21 contracts, €599.1k
- 38341300-0 Instruments for measuring electrical quantities (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38341300): 21 contracts, €654.6k
- 38434540-3 Biomedical equipment (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38434540): 20 contracts, €1.5m
- 38434500-1 Biochemical analysers (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38434500): 19 contracts, €1.2m
- 38651600-9 Digital cameras (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38651600): 16 contracts, €343.6k
- 38425100-1 Manometers (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38425100): 15 contracts, €12.8k

## Who wins this division in Portugal

Among companies with at least EUR 1,000,000 awarded in Portugal in 2026 to date, Microsegur - Soluções de Engenharia, Unipessoal, Lda. is the largest under CPV division 38, Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses): €9.4m awarded, 9.9% of the €94.3m won under the division by that group. 116 companies above the EUR 1,000,000 line won contracts under CPV division 38, Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), in 2026 to date, €94.3m between them. Portal BASE (base.gov.pt), IMPIC open data, register edition 2026-08-15.

1. Microsegur - Soluções de Engenharia, Unipessoal, Lda.: 5 contracts, €9.4m, 9.9% of the division (https://trinta.ai/suppliers/microsegur-solucoes-de-engenharia-unipessoal-lda-3840)
2. Lusopalex - Produtos de Saude Unipessoal Lda: 62 contracts, €6.9m, 7.3% of the division (https://trinta.ai/suppliers/lusopalex-produtos-de-saude-unipessoal-lda-1588)
3. UNICAM SISTEMAS ANALITICOS, LDA: 44 contracts, €4.9m, 5.2% of the division (https://trinta.ai/suppliers/unicam-sistemas-analiticos-lda-4625)
4. Paralab: 56 contracts, €4.7m, 5.0% of the division (https://trinta.ai/suppliers/paralab-4926)
5. ILC Instrumentos de Laboratório e Científicos Lda: 61 contracts, €4.7m, 5.0% of the division (https://trinta.ai/suppliers/ilc-instrumentos-de-laboratorio-e-cientificos-lda-8208)
6. Scansci - Equipamentos de laboratório Lda: 52 contracts, €4.6m, 4.9% of the division (https://trinta.ai/suppliers/scansci-equipamentos-de-laboratorio-lda-4208)
7. Soquímica, Sociedade de Representações de Química, Lda.: 39 contracts, €4.2m, 4.5% of the division (https://trinta.ai/suppliers/soquimica-sociedade-de-representacoes-de-quimica-lda-4231)
8. Specanalítica, Equipamentos Científicos, Lda: 30 contracts, €3.7m, 3.9% of the division (https://trinta.ai/suppliers/specanalitica-equipamentos-cientificos-lda-0871)
9. LEICA MICROSISTEMAS-INSTRUMENTOS DE PRECISÃO, S.U., LDA.: 19 contracts, €3.3m, 3.5% of the division (https://trinta.ai/suppliers/leica-microsistemas-instrumentos-de-precisao-s-u-lda-1921)
10. VWR International - Material de Laboratório, Soc. Unipessoal, Lda: 68 contracts, €3.2m, 3.4% of the division (https://trinta.ai/suppliers/vwr-international-material-de-laboratorio-soc-unipessoal-lda-2770)

A share is a share of the €94.3m these companies won under the division, not of everything Portugal spent under it. All suppliers with a page: https://trinta.ai/suppliers

Portuguese market, January to July 2026: 2,418 contracts signed under this code, €152.5m contracted. Counted from the open contract register, all procedure types.
Competition, open procedures only (355 with a published bidder list): 7.8 bids on average, median 4, 17.7% drew a single bid. Direct awards excluded, because there the buyer chooses who bids. All divisions ranked: https://trinta.ai/procurement-statistics

Who buys under it in Portugal (by NIF, contracts in the period):
- Universidade de Coimbra (501617582): 180
- Centro de Desporto (501413197): 158
- Águas do Norte, SA (513606084): 152
- Universidade do Minho (502011378): 140

French market, January to July 2026: 758 marchés notified under this code, €1.1bn in notified amounts (framework ceilings included). Counted from the DECP consolidated files, deduplicated, all procedure types.
Competition, competed procedures only (579 declaring their offers, marchés passed without competition excluded): median 2 offers, mean 4.2 (an allotted marché repeats the consultation total on each lot, so the median is the figure to quote), 31.8% drew a single offer. Method: https://trinta.ai/barometre

Who buys under it in France (by SIRET, marchés in the period):
- RESEAU DES ACHETEURS HOSPITALIERS (RESAH) (13000501000033): 165
- CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (18008901303720): 48
- SIRET 13001539900012 (13001539900012): 38
- UNIVERSITE DE CAEN NORMANDIE (19141408500016): 31

Market: Laboratory and research (https://trinta.ai/tenders-by-sector/laboratory-and-research)

Source: https://trinta.ai/cpv/38000000 · All codes: https://trinta.ai/cpv