# CPV 38540000-2: Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring

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

- EN: Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring
- PT: Máquinas e aparelhos para ensaios e medição
- ES: Máquinas y aparatos de pruebas y medida
- FR: Machines et appareils d'essai et de mesure

In the tree:
- 38000000-5 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38000000)
- 38500000-0 Checking and testing apparatus (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38500000)

Beneath this code (8):
- 38541000-9 Solderability testers
- 38542000-6 Servo-hydraulic test apparatus
- 38543000-3 Gas-detection equipment
- 38544000-0 Drug detection apparatus
- 38545000-7 Gas-testing kits
- 38546000-4 Explosives detection system
- 38547000-1 Dosimetry system
- 38548000-8 Instruments for vehicles

The busiest codes beneath this one, in Portugal:
- 38546000-4 Explosives detection system (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38546000): 4 contracts, €167.5k
- 38542000-6 Servo-hydraulic test apparatus (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38542000): 3 contracts, €168.5k
- 38547000-1 Dosimetry system (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38547000): 2 contracts, €33.4k
- 38541000-9 Solderability testers (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38541000): 1 contract, €71k
- 38545000-7 Gas-testing kits (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38545000): 1 contract, €6.9k

Portuguese market, January to July 2026: 219 contracts signed under this code, €14m contracted. Counted from the open contract register, all procedure types.
Competition, open procedures only (34 with a published bidder list): 6.5 bids on average, median 4, 17.6% 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): 73
- Centro de Desporto (501413197): 24
- Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (506971244): 15
- CICCOPN - Centro de Formação Profissional da Indústria da Construção Civil e Obras Públicas (503716391): 14

French market, January to July 2026: 17 marchés notified under this code, €2.1m in notified amounts (framework ceilings included). Counted from the DECP consolidated files, deduplicated, all procedure types.
Competition, competed procedures only (15 declaring their offers, marchés passed without competition excluded): median 2 offers, mean 2.4 (an allotted marché repeats the consultation total on each lot, so the median is the figure to quote). Method: https://trinta.ai/barometre

Who buys under it in France (by SIRET, marchés in the period):
- CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET D'INDUSTRIE LE MANS SARTHE (CCI) (18720092800013): 6
- INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE (IPG) (19381912500017): 2
- SOCIETE DU CANAL DE PROVENCE ET D'AMENAGEMENT DE LA REGION PROVENCALE (SCP) (05781313100026): 1
- INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE BORDEAUX (IPB) (13000635600013): 1

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

Source: https://trinta.ai/cpv/38540000 · All codes: https://trinta.ai/cpv