# CPV 38900000-4: Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments

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

- EN: Miscellaneous evaluation or testing instruments
- PT: Instrumentos diversos de avaliação ou ensaio
- ES: Instrumentos de evaluación o ensayo diversos
- FR: Instruments divers d'évaluation ou de test

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

Beneath this code (7):
- 38910000-7 Hygiene monitoring and testing equipment
- 38920000-0 Seed and feed equipment
- 38930000-3 Humidity and moisture measuring instruments
- 38940000-6 Nuclear evaluation instruments
- 38950000-9 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment
- 38960000-2 Alcohol ignition lock
- 38970000-5 Research, testing and scientific technical simulator

The busiest codes beneath this one, in Portugal:
- 38970000-5 Research, testing and scientific technical simulator (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38970000): 49 contracts, €2.7m
- 38931000-0 Temperature humidity testers (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38931000): 8 contracts, €345.1k
- 38951000-6 Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38951000): 7 contracts, €163.7k
- 38947000-7 X-ray microanalysers (https://trinta.ai/cpv/38947000): 1 contract, €110k

Portuguese market, January to July 2026: 140 contracts signed under this code, €8m contracted. Counted from the open contract register, all procedure types.
Competition, open procedures only (29 with a published bidder list): 6.3 bids on average, median 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):
- Universidade do Minho (502011378): 18
- Universidade do Porto (501413197): 10
- Universidade da Beira Interior (502083514): 10
- Universidade de Aveiro (501461108): 9

French market, January to July 2026: 19 marchés notified under this code, €55.6m in notified amounts (framework ceilings included). Counted from the DECP consolidated files, deduplicated, all procedure types.
Competition, competed procedures only (13 declaring their offers, marchés passed without competition excluded): median 3 offers, mean 3.1 (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):
- RESEAU DES ACHETEURS HOSPITALIERS (RESAH) (13000501000033): 7
- CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (18008901303720): 2
- COMMUNE DE MARSEILLE (21130055306286): 2
- SORBONNE UNIVERSITE (13002338500011): 1

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

Source: https://trinta.ai/cpv/38900000 · All codes: https://trinta.ai/cpv