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CPV 48822000

Computer servers

A computer server is a general-purpose machine built to run workloads and applications for many users at once, rather than to do one specialised network job. Under CPV code 48822000, a contracting authority is buying that kind of compute box: rack, tower or blade hardware, often in quantity, to sit in a data centre or server room and carry the processing behind everything else.

The code is the broad, general-compute member of the Servers family (48820000), sitting next to the codes for network servers, file servers, printer servers and web servers. In practice it is the one most authorities reach for when the procurement is about raw server hardware and the surrounding install, support and warranty, not about a single named function. Data-centre refreshes, hyper-converged infrastructure, GPU and AI compute nodes, and hardware framework agreements all tend to land here.

This is a high-volume, high-value code. 1,474 awards carry it (TED 2009-2026), at a mean of about 4.3M euro across the 800 awards with disclosed values, which is large because these purchases bundle hardware, installation and multi-year support. Poland, France and Czechia place the most.

Search demand for the exact phrase is modest (around 150 monthly searches for "computer servers"), which fits a code most contracting authorities reach through the Servers parent or an existing hardware framework rather than by typing the term.

When to use this code

For buyers contracting authority

Choose 48822000 when the purchase is general-purpose server hardware and the box is defined by its compute, not by a single network role. Rack and blade servers for a data centre, GPU nodes for AI and research workloads, and hyper-converged appliances all sit here.

The judgement calls are against the siblings. If the machine exists mainly to store and serve shared files, File servers (48823000) is the closer fit; if its defining role is network services and routing, Network servers (48821000) fits better; if it front-ends web applications, Web servers (48825000) applies. Computer servers is the default when none of those single functions dominates.

A second boundary worth setting deliberately: where one procurement bundles compute, storage and networking into a single data-centre refresh, set the primary CPV code by the dominant deliverable rather than by the whole bundle, and split the strands into lots an authority wants priced independently. Because server estates tie an authority to a hardware platform and its support contract for years, pin down specification, capacity and warranty terms early.

For suppliers bidding

Winners here are hardware resellers and infrastructure integrators rather than pure software houses: firms that configure and stand behind platforms such as Dell, HPE, Lenovo, Cisco or Supermicro, with a support and warranty commitment an authority can lean on. If you bid, the decisive signals are delivered specification, installation and commissioning, migration off the existing estate, and a service plan that covers the kit for its working life, not a thin price headline.

Margins on the hardware itself are tight, so the differentiation lives in design, integration and post-sale support. Each refresh reopens the platform choice, so incumbency counts for less than under maintenance codes, though a sitting integrator that already knows the data centre starts ahead on migration risk. Expect competition from the sibling server codes and from networking-equipment bidders who package compute into a wider data-centre deal.

Where this nets out: the contracting authority is buying durable infrastructure it will run for years, so a sharp specification answer on performance, resilience and lifetime support beats a headline discount almost every time.

Industries and typical projects

Hardware procurement Cloud infrastructure System integration Public sector IT Data services

Commonly confused with

48820000
That is the broader Servers parent; pick 48822000 specifically when the procurement is general-purpose compute hardware.
48823000
File servers store and serve shared files; computer servers are general-purpose compute boxes for mixed workloads.
48821000
Network servers centre on network services and traffic, while computer servers carry general application and processing workloads.

Example award titles

  • ICT Office hardware, Servers and Data Centre equipment
  • Rack mountable server hardware.
  • Procurement of hyper converged infrastructure with switches
  • Supply; Installation and Support of a SAN Infrastructure Renewal
  • Supply of Storage and Storage Management
  • BayKIT HW-Rahmenvertrag Server - Abschluss (DE)

Live tenders (3)

Netherlands – Installation services of office equipment – Beschrijvend document ICT Hardware, Smartphones en toebehoren NL · closes 2026-09-14
Netherlands – Computer equipment and supplies – Beschrijvend document ICT Hardware, Smartphones en toebehoren NL · closes 2026-09-14
Netherlands – Computer equipment and supplies – Beschrijvend document ICT Hardware, Smartphones en toebehoren NL · closes 2026-09-14
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Hierarchy

Parent
48820000
Siblings
48821000488230004882400048825000
Documented June 2026 · AI-augmented body, human-reviewed before publication. Editorial policy.