# CPV 38400000-9: Instruments for checking physical characteristics

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

- EN: Instruments for checking physical characteristics
- PT: Instrumentos para controlo de propriedades físicas
- ES: Instrumentos de medida o control de características físicas
- FR: Instruments de contrôle de propriétés physiques

In the tree:
- 38000000-5 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38000000)

Beneath this code (3):
- 38410000-2 Metering instruments
- 38420000-5 Instruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases
- 38430000-8 Detection and analysis apparatus

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
- 38432200-4 Chromatographs (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38432200): 28 contracts, €2.9m
- 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
- 38425100-1 Manometers (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38425100): 15 contracts, €12.8k
- 38432210-7 Gas chromatographs (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38432210): 15 contracts, €1.5m
- 38433300-2 Spectrum analyser (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38433300): 11 contracts, €339.6k
- 38434510-4 Cytometers (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38434510): 11 contracts, €3.4m
- 38436200-2 Rotating evaporators (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38436200): 10 contracts, €155.3k

Portuguese market, January to July 2026: 857 contracts signed under this code, €49.6m contracted. Counted from the open contract register, all procedure types.
Competition, open procedures only (127 with a published bidder list): 7.4 bids on average, median 4, 21.3% 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):
- Águas do Norte, SA (513606084): 120
- Universidade do Porto (501413197): 70
- Universidade de Coimbra (501617582): 65
- Universidade de Aveiro (501461108): 56

French market, January to July 2026: 263 marchés notified under this code, €114.3m in notified amounts (framework ceilings included). Counted from the DECP consolidated files, deduplicated, all procedure types.
Competition, competed procedures only (195 declaring their offers, marchés passed without competition excluded): median 2 offers, mean 2.5 (an allotted marché repeats the consultation total on each lot, so the median is the figure to quote), 29.2% drew a single offer. Method: https://trinta.ai/barometre

Who buys under it in France (by SIRET, marchés in the period):
- SIRET 13001539900012 (13001539900012): 38
- RESEAU DES ACHETEURS HOSPITALIERS (RESAH) (13000501000033): 17
- CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (18008901303720): 15
- CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE ROUEN (26760168000015): 10

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

Source: https://trinta.ai/cpv/38400000 · All codes: https://trinta.ai/cpv