# Defence and security tenders: where they are published > Public defence and security procurement: the 266 CPV codes that carry it, what its notices look like, and where the registry maps its buyers. Source: https://trinta.ai/tenders-by-sector/defence-and-security · Format: Markdown mirror of that page · Language: en ## The vocabulary that carries it - 35000000-4 Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment (https://trinta.ai/cpv/35000000) - 75000000-6 Administration, defence and social security services (https://trinta.ai/cpv/75000000) 266 official CPV codes fall under these divisions. ## The codes Portugal actually buys under (January to July 2026) - [35520000 Parts for warships](https://trinta.ai/cpv/35520000): 100 contracts, €4.7m - [75252000 Rescue services](https://trinta.ai/cpv/75252000): 96 contracts, €3.5m - [75310000 Benefit services](https://trinta.ai/cpv/75310000): 77 contracts, €2.1m - [75124000 Administrative recreational, cultural and religious services](https://trinta.ai/cpv/75124000): 41 contracts, €771.5k - [75112100 Administrative development project services](https://trinta.ai/cpv/75112100): 35 contracts, €498.9k - [75121000 Administrative educational services](https://trinta.ai/cpv/75121000): 34 contracts, €469.6k - [35125100 Sensors](https://trinta.ai/cpv/35125100): 32 contracts, €3.7m - [35113400 Protective and safety clothing](https://trinta.ai/cpv/35113400): 31 contracts, €1.5m - [75251110 Fire-prevention services](https://trinta.ai/cpv/75251110): 23 contracts, €987k - [75125000 Administrative services related to tourism affairs](https://trinta.ai/cpv/75125000): 22 contracts, €195.6k - [35613000 Unmanned aerial vehicles](https://trinta.ai/cpv/35613000): 17 contracts, €427.5k - [35811300 Military uniforms](https://trinta.ai/cpv/35811300): 17 contracts, €2m Contracts signed and value contracted under each code, counted from Portugal's open register across every procedure type. Each row is the deepest code carrying data, because a whole division is credited with everything beneath it and would take the list. ## What the notices look like The published layer runs from uniforms, vehicles and protective equipment to fire-fighting and policing gear and the services around them. Eligibility conditions are heavier than in any other sector, which the notice rarely states in full: the documents do. ## Where these buyers are mapped deepest - Germany: 2 of this type, 30 sources mapped (https://trinta.ai/government-tenders/germany) - Pakistan: 2 of this type, 17 sources mapped (https://trinta.ai/government-tenders/pakistan) - South Africa: 2 of this type, 21 sources mapped (https://trinta.ai/government-tenders/south-africa) - Sri Lanka: 2 of this type, 14 sources mapped (https://trinta.ai/government-tenders/sri-lanka) - Albania: 1 of this type, 16 sources mapped (https://trinta.ai/government-tenders/albania) - Algeria: 1 of this type, 24 sources mapped (https://trinta.ai/government-tenders/algeria) - Austria: 1 of this type, 31 sources mapped (https://trinta.ai/government-tenders/austria) - Bangladesh: 1 of this type, 27 sources mapped (https://trinta.ai/government-tenders/bangladesh) ## Frequently asked questions **Which CPV codes cover defence and security tenders?** Defence and security procurement uses CPV division 35, security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment, and parts of division 75, administration, defence and social security services. Many defence purchases are also made under general codes, uniforms, vehicles, IT, which is why the sector cannot be watched by code alone. **Can a foreign supplier bid on defence tenders?** It depends entirely on the procedure: defence procurement carries eligibility, security-clearance and sometimes national-content conditions that vary by country and by contract, and they live in the tender documents rather than in the notice. TRINTA retrieves those documents and attaches them, so the question is settled on the paperwork. This is information, not legal advice. Sector buyers mapped outside the national portals: 24. ## How contested it is, measured in Portugal - 7.2% of open procedures drew a single bid - 7.2 bids on average - 152 open procedures behind these figures - CPV 35, Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment: 7.2% single bid across 152 procedures Portugal publishes its complete contract register as open data, so competition is counted there rather than estimated. These are Portuguese figures for January to July 2026, covering only open procedures whose bidder list was reported; direct awards are excluded, because there the buyer chooses who bids. Method: https://trinta.ai/barometro --- Full site index for agents: https://trinta.ai/llms.txt · Whole site in one document: https://trinta.ai/llms-full.txt