# CPV 38500000-0: Checking and testing apparatus

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

- EN: Checking and testing apparatus
- PT: Aparelhos de controlo e ensaio
- ES: Aparatos de control y prueba
- FR: Appareils de contrôle et d'essai

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

Beneath this code (8):
- 38510000-3 Microscopes
- 38520000-6 Scanners
- 38530000-9 Diffraction apparatus
- 38540000-2 Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring
- 38550000-5 Meters
- 38560000-8 Production counters
- 38570000-1 Regulating and controlling instruments and apparatus
- 38580000-4 Non-medical equipment based on the use of radiations

The busiest codes beneath this one, in Portugal:
- 38515200-0 Fluorescent microscopes (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38515200): 9 contracts, €2.1m
- 38582000-8 X-ray inspection equipment (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38582000): 9 contracts, €11.6m
- 38581000-1 Baggage-scanning equipment (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38581000): 7 contracts, €2.6m
- 38511100-1 Scanning electron microscopes (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38511100): 6 contracts, €1.9m
- 38522000-0 Chromatographic scanners (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38522000): 5 contracts, €994.8k
- 38514200-3 Scanning probe microscopes (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38514200): 4 contracts, €844k
- 38530000-9 Diffraction apparatus (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38530000): 4 contracts, €779.9k
- 38546000-4 Explosives detection system (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38546000): 4 contracts, €167.5k
- 38571000-8 Speed limiters (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38571000): 4 contracts, €58.9k
- 38513100-5 Inverted microscopes (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38513100): 3 contracts, €438.4k

Portuguese market, January to July 2026: 489 contracts signed under this code, €53.5m contracted. Counted from the open contract register, all procedure types.
Competition, open procedures only (106 with a published bidder list): 10.8 bids on average, median 4.5, 15.1% 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): 96
- Centro de Desporto (501413197): 48
- Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (501345361): 34
- Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (506971244): 25

French market, January to July 2026: 83 marchés notified under this code, €22.8m in notified amounts (framework ceilings included). Counted from the DECP consolidated files, deduplicated, all procedure types.
Competition, competed procedures only (66 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), 34.8% drew a single offer. Method: https://trinta.ai/barometre

Who buys under it in France (by SIRET, marchés in the period):
- CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (18008901303720): 15
- CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET D'INDUSTRIE LE MANS SARTHE (CCI) (18720092800013): 6
- RESEAU DES ACHETEURS HOSPITALIERS (RESAH) (13000501000025): 2
- INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE BORDEAUX (IPB) (13000635600013): 2

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

Source: https://trinta.ai/cpv/38500000 · All codes: https://trinta.ai/cpv