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CPV 48214000

Network operating system software package

A network operating system software package is the operating system that runs the network: the platform that manages servers, controls access between machines, and coordinates the shared services many clients depend on. Under CPV code 48214000, a contracting authority is buying the OS layer that holds a network together, not an application that runs on top of it and not an enhancement bolted onto an existing system.

It sits inside Networking software package (48210000), one branch over from the code for an enhancement that rides on top of an OS already in place (48213000). The split is platform-versus-add-on: 48214000 is the operating system itself, while 48213000 is the upgrade or feature pack layered onto one.

The code is a steady mid-volume performer. 131 awards carry it (TED 2009-2026), 85 with disclosed values, at a mean of about €1.6M across those. France, Spain and Germany place the most. The mix of a healthy count and a high mean fits a category that runs from a single-site Linux deployment to a multi-year, server-OS licensing and support programme across a large estate.

Public search interest in the bare term stays low, a single informational head term. That fits a platform code authorities normally land on by drilling down from the networking-software parent, or through a framework they already hold, rather than by name.

When to use this code

For buyers contracting authority

Pick 48214000 when the contract supplies the operating system that runs a network: a server OS platform, the licences and support that come with it, and the work to stand it up across the estate. Red Hat and other enterprise Linux deployments, and the subscriptions that keep them current, sit squarely here.

What separates it from the enhancement sibling 48213000 is new-platform versus add-on: 48214000 is the network OS supplied as the platform, 48213000 is a feature pack or upgrade layered onto an OS already running. If the scope widens to networking software in general with no one sub-category on top, the parent 48210000 is the cleaner pick.

One trap is licensing-shaped procurement. When a tender is really a block of subscriptions and entitlement administration rather than the platform and its rollout, 48218000 (licence management) often fits better. Decide by the dominant purpose: keep it here when the network OS and its deployment are the point, move it when managing entitlements is.

For suppliers bidding

The field here is enterprise OS platform partners, Linux and server-software resellers, and the integrators who roll a network operating system out across a live estate and keep it under subscription support. A winning bid shows the platform-maker relationship, the product certifications that go with it, and evidence of migrating an estate onto a new OS without taking services down in the process.

This is a reasonable pipeline rather than a thin niche: 131 awards over the period (TED 2009-2026) at a disclosed mean near €1.6M, so there is real volume alongside the occasional large estate-wide programme. Incumbency counts, because the partner who installed the platform is best placed to renew and extend it, and many of these contracts recur on subscription cycles.

The same names recur under the enhancement sibling 48213000 and under licence management (48218000), because platform, upgrade, and entitlement work bleed into one another in real contracts. Hands-on deployment and named engineers matter, but what usually decides it is which bidder owns the closer relationship with the OS maker behind the platform.

Industries and typical projects

Public sector IT System integration Cloud infrastructure Networking equipment IT consulting Open-source services

Commonly confused with

48213000
That code is the enhancement or upgrade package that extends an OS already in place; 48214000 is the network operating system platform itself.
48210000
The broader networking-software parent. Choose 48214000 when the scope is specifically the network operating system, not networking software in general.
48218000
License management software handles entitlements and compliance; pick it over 48214000 when managing licences, not supplying the OS, is the contract's main purpose.

Example award titles

  • Network Optimisation and Energy Management
  • Firewall and Security Management Tool
  • Request for tenders for the Installation; Configuration; and ongoing support of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Purchasing cybersecurity software
  • Zadanie nr 12 Dostawa oprogramowania do sieciowego systemu operacyjnego (PL)
  • Renovación Suscripciones y Soportes Red HaT Openshift (ES)

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Hierarchy

Parent
48210000
Siblings
4821100048212000482130004821500048216000482170004821800048219000
Documented June 2026 · AI-augmented body, human-reviewed before publication. Editorial policy.