# CPV 38420000-5: Instruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases

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

- EN: Instruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases
- PT: Instrumentos para medição do caudal, do nível e da pressão de líquidos e gases
- ES: Instrumentos de medida del caudal, nivel y presión de líquidos y gases
- FR: Instruments de mesure du débit, du niveau et de la pression de liquides ou de gaz

In the tree:
- 38000000-5 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38000000)
- 38400000-9 Instruments for checking physical characteristics (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38400000)

Beneath this code (9):
- 38421000-2 Flow-measuring equipment
- 38422000-9 Level-measuring equipment
- 38423000-6 Pressure-measuring equipment
- 38424000-3 Measuring and control equipment
- 38425000-0 Fluid mechanics equipment
- 38426000-7 Coulometers
- 38427000-4 Fluxmeters
- 38428000-1 Rheometers
- 38429000-8 Rotameters

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
- 38425100-1 Manometers (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38425100): 15 contracts, €12.8k
- 38428000-1 Rheometers (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38428000): 5 contracts, €391.3k
- 38422000-9 Level-measuring equipment (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38422000): 4 contracts, €56.4k
- 38425200-2 Viscosimeters (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38425200): 4 contracts, €188.7k
- 38423100-7 Pressure gauges (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38423100): 3 contracts, €102.6k

Portuguese market, January to July 2026: 306 contracts signed under this code, €11.3m contracted. Counted from the open contract register, all procedure types.
Competition, open procedures only (28 with a published bidder list): 4.6 bids on average, median 3.5. 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): 119
- Universidade do Porto (501413197): 13
- Universidade do Minho (502011378): 8
- IST-ID - Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (509830072): 8

French market, January to July 2026: 51 marchés notified under this code, €69.6m in notified amounts (framework ceilings included). Counted from the DECP consolidated files, deduplicated, all procedure types.
Competition, competed procedures only (43 declaring their offers, marchés passed without competition excluded): median 2 offers, mean 2.2 (an allotted marché repeats the consultation total on each lot, so the median is the figure to quote), 34.9% 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): 11
- CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (18008901303720): 3
- UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1 (19691774400019): 2
- UNIVERSITE DU MANS (19720916600010): 2

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

Source: https://trinta.ai/cpv/38420000 · All codes: https://trinta.ai/cpv