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CPV 48331000

Project management software package

This code covers off-the-shelf project management software: the packaged tools a contracting authority buys to plan, schedule, track and report on projects and portfolios of projects. Under CPV code 48331000, the purchase is a software product (a licence, a subscription, or a hosted SaaS instance), not a consultant running the project by hand.

It sits inside Scheduling and productivity software package (48330000), alongside its siblings for standalone scheduling tools (48332000) and contact management (48333000). The distinction this branch draws is by product type: this code is the project-and-portfolio layer specifically, not a generic office suite or a bespoke build.

The code is steady rather than huge. 146 awards carry it (TED 2009-2026), of which 85 disclose a value, and across those the mean runs to about €785k. Germany and France place the most by a wide margin (42 and 29 awards), with Lithuania a distant third. In practice the contracting authorities span construction and infrastructure bodies, road administrations, research-funding agencies and risk-management functions, and the products range from a single named tool (a JIRA or PPM licence) to a hosted collaboration platform.

What is actually procured is the packaged tool plus the wrap-around needed to run it: licensing, configuration, implementation, and ongoing support and maintenance on the platform.

When to use this code

For buyers contracting authority

Reach for 48331000 when the deliverable is a project or portfolio management product the authority will run itself, not a service where someone else manages the project. The trigger is the software: a licence, a subscription, or a hosted platform that staff use to plan, schedule and report.

The sibling boundary is narrow but real. Scheduling software (48332000) is the right code when the tool is purely a calendaring or scheduling engine without the wider project and portfolio layer, and contact management (48333000) is a different product class again. Where the package genuinely does both, set the primary CPV code by the dominant function.

The sharper confusion is with services. If the contract buys people to run or advise on a project, that is project management consultancy under the services vocabulary (72224000 for project management consultancy, or the wider 79421000 family), not a software code. Several awards here bundle the licence with configuration and support, which is fine: keep it under 48331000 as long as the packaged tool is the main purpose of the contract.

For suppliers bidding

Winners under this code split into two camps, and it helps to know which one you are. There are product owners and their resellers selling a named platform (the JIRA, the PPM suite, the SaaS collaboration tool), and there are integrators who win on configuring and supporting that platform around the authority's workflow. The disclosed mean of about €785k (TED 2009-2026) and the recurring, subscription-shaped nature of the spend make the support-and-renewal tail as valuable as the initial licence.

What carries a bid is rarely the product alone, since the authority can often name the tool it wants. It is the configuration, data migration, training and support wrap, plus a credible record on comparable rollouts. Several awards here bundle licensing with configuration and maintenance, which rewards a supplier who can deliver the whole package rather than just resell seats.

Public search demand for the bare term is low (top volume around 80), which fits a code most contracting authorities reach through a framework or a parent category rather than a direct search. Neighbouring bidders arrive from custom software builds and from the project-consultancy services codes, but here the centre of gravity is the packaged product, not bespoke development or pure advice.

Industries and typical projects

SaaS Public sector IT System integration Software development Digital transformation

Commonly confused with

48332000
Scheduling software is a calendaring or scheduling engine alone; 48331000 covers the wider project-and-portfolio management product.
72224000
Project management consultancy buys people to advise on or run a project; this code buys the packaged software the team uses instead.
48000000
The top-level software-package class; choose 48331000 only when the product is specifically a project management tool.
72212331
That code is for developing bespoke project management software; pick 48331000 when the tool is bought off the shelf, not built.

Example award titles

  • Procurement of a Project and Portfolio Management Tool
  • Research Management tooling for grants and research projects
  • Web-based project collaboration service.
  • Framework Agreement for Enterprise Risk Management Software - Maintenance.
  • Change Partner for SSP Project
  • Provision, Implementation, and Support of an Electronic Data Management System - a cloud based Software as a Service (SaaS) Solution to manage construction design and management processes

Live tenders (1)

Ireland – Industry specific software package – MI-CFT26-022 - Call for Tenders for the provision of a Chemical Safety: Data Sheet (SDS) Management Platform and Software Services IE · closes 2026-06-25
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Hierarchy

Parent
48330000
Siblings
4833200048333000
Documented June 2026 · AI-augmented body, human-reviewed before publication. Editorial policy.