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CPV 48627000

Real-time operating system software package

A real-time operating system (RTOS) is an operating system built to respond within a guaranteed time, so the same input always produces an output inside a fixed deadline. Under CPV code 48627000, a contracting authority is buying that kind of operating-system software package: the deterministic OS layer that runs control, signalling, and other time-critical systems, rather than a general-purpose desktop or server OS.

This is one of the smaller branches of Operating systems (48620000). 37 awards carry the code (TED 2009-2026), at a high mean of about €5.3M across the 25 awards with disclosed values. France places the most by a wide margin, ahead of the Netherlands and Czechia.

The high mean reflects how the code is used in practice. Many awards under it are not packaged RTOS licences in isolation but larger time-critical system buys, traffic-control, parking, and public-transport passenger-information platforms, where the real-time software sits inside a wider supply-and-integration contract.

Search interest is low: the bare term "real time operating systems" draws only marginal volume, which fits a specialised, embedded-systems classification that buyers reach through a parent category rather than by name.

When to use this code

For buyers contracting authority

Choose 48627000 when the operating-system software being procured must meet hard timing guarantees, the deterministic OS underneath a control, signalling, or live-information system. That is the line separating it from its siblings, which split by host class rather than by timing behaviour: Personal computer (PC) operating system software package (48624000) and Microcomputer operating system software package (48623000) are about the machine the OS runs on, while 48627000 is about the response-time property the OS guarantees.

The common trap is the word "real-time" itself. A live passenger-information or traffic system is often described as real-time at the business level without running an RTOS underneath, and several such contracts have still been classified here. If the deliverable is mainly a transport or control application rather than the operating-system layer, an application or system-integration code usually fits the dominant purpose better. Where one contract bundles the RTOS package with the wider system, set the primary CPV code by whichever part carries the contract.

For suppliers bidding

Two very different suppliers win under this code. One is the embedded-software specialist selling a genuine RTOS package and its toolchain; the other, more common in the award history here, is the systems integrator delivering a real-time transport, parking, or passenger-information platform with the OS layer folded in. If you bid, read each contract notice (CN) carefully to work out which of the two it actually wants, because the evaluation will reward completely different evidence.

The pattern worth noticing is geographic concentration: France accounts for most awards under this code, so prior delivery into French public-transport and traffic authorities is a real advantage on the integration side. The disclosed values run high, which signals that these are integration and supply contracts, not bare licence buys. Suppliers arriving from system-integration and telecommunications bid here too. Pick your lane before you write: a pure RTOS pitch and a transport-platform pitch share almost nothing beyond the CPV code.

Industries and typical projects

Custom software System integration Telecommunications Civic tech Public sector IT

Commonly confused with

48624000
That code is the operating system for personal computers, classified by host machine; 48627000 is classified by the real-time, deterministic timing guarantee instead.
48625000
Open systems operating systems covers portable, standards-based OS environments, whereas 48627000 is specifically the real-time, deadline-bound variant.
48623000
Microcomputer operating system software splits by the class of host hardware, not by whether the OS meets hard real-time response deadlines.

Example award titles

  • Acquisition licence Aimsun pro version expert (FR)
  • Stationnement intelligent (FR)
  • Fourniture, installation et maintenance d'outils de badgeages dans les établissements d'accueil de la petite enfance parisiens (FR)
  • Marché de renouvellement du système d'aide à l'exploitation et à l'information des voyageurs et du système de radiocommunication du réseau de bus et tramways de l'agglomération caennaise (FR)
  • Časové licencie D2000, SELT a služby technickej podpory (SK)

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Hierarchy

Parent
48620000
Siblings
48621000486220004862300048624000486250004862600048628000
Documented June 2026 · AI-augmented body, human-reviewed before publication. Editorial policy.