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CPV 48812000

Financial information systems

A financial information system is the software a public body runs to manage its money: the general ledger, budgeting and forecasting, accounts payable and receivable, reporting, and the financial data that feeds the rest of the organisation. Under CPV code 48812000, a contracting authority is procuring that deployed system, configuration, hosting and rollout included, not a shrink-wrapped accounting package off the shelf.

It sits under Information systems (48810000), alongside siblings for e-mail, passenger and medical systems. The defining trait is domain: the information being managed is financial. That covers a core finance and accounting platform, a budget-and-forecast tool, a treasury system, or a subscription to a standardised database of company financial data.

The code is mid-volume and high-value. 197 awards carry it (TED 2009-2026), of which 98 disclose a value, at a mean of about 3.8M EUR. Sweden, the UK and France place the most. These are rarely small buys: a finance system replacement is a multi-year programme touching the whole organisation, which is why disclosed values run high.

Public search interest in the bare term is low (the head phrase draws only a handful of monthly searches), which fits a back-office system that authorities reach through a parent category or a framework rather than by searching for it directly.

When to use this code

For buyers contracting authority

Choose 48812000 when the contract delivers a running finance system for the organisation, not a generic software licence. A core accounting and ledger platform, a budgeting and forecasting system, a treasury or cash-management deployment, or a hosted finance service all sit here.

The boundary that trips contracting authorities is the software-package codes. Financial systems software package (48442000) and Financial analysis and accounting software package (48440000) classify the product as a packaged good; 48812000 classifies the deployed information system, where configuration, integration and rollout are the point. Where a tender procures the platform plus implementation as one programme, the information-system code is the better fit.

Two more reference points. The parent, Information systems (48810000), is the right pick only when the domain is broader than finance. And a subscription to an external dataset of company financial information also lands here, since what is bought is access to a financial information system rather than a build.

For suppliers bidding

Winners under 48812000 are finance-platform suppliers and the integrators who deploy them, not generic dev shops. The work is implementation-heavy: data migration from a legacy ledger, integration with payroll and procurement, configuration to the authority's chart of accounts, and a phased go-live. References on comparable public-sector finance rollouts carry more weight than headline price.

With a disclosed mean near 3.8M EUR (TED 2009-2026), these are programmes, not quick installs, and they reward bidders who can show a credible migration plan and post-go-live support. Incumbency matters: replacing a finance system is disruptive, so the firm that runs the current one starts ahead, and a challenger has to make the switching case explicitly.

Here is the call worth making: this code rewards depth over breadth. A bidder with two clean finance-system migrations behind it beats a larger generalist every time, because the contracting authority is buying down the risk of a botched cutover. Suppliers active under the package codes (48442000, 48440000) and finance software development (72212440) bid here too when their offer crosses from product into deployment.

Industries and typical projects

Public finance IT Public sector IT System integration E-government SaaS

Commonly confused with

48442000
That code classifies a financial systems software package as a product; 48812000 is the deployed information system, where configuration and rollout are the deliverable.
48810000
The broader Information systems parent. Choose 48812000 when the system's domain is specifically financial.
72212440
Financial software development services build a bespoke system from scratch; pick 48812000 when an existing finance platform is being deployed or subscribed to.

Example award titles

  • Financial Management System for Horsham District Council
  • Finance Management Information Systems (FMIS) and Hosted Service.
  • Corporate Financial Management Solution for the Government of Malta
  • Budget and forecast system
  • Standardised company financial and ownership information
  • Statliga ramavtal ekonomisystem (SE)

Live tenders (2)

Finland – IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support – Talous- ja henkilöstöhallinnon kokonaispalveluiden hankinta / Polkka Oy FI · closes 2026-06-29
Finland – Accounting, auditing and fiscal services – Talous- ja henkilöstöhallinnon palvelujen hankinta FI · closes 2026-06-30
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Hierarchy

Parent
48810000
Siblings
488110004881300048814000
Documented June 2026 · AI-augmented body, human-reviewed before publication. Editorial policy.