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CPV 48823000

File servers

A file server is a machine whose job is to store files centrally and serve them to users and applications across a network, so documents and shared data live in one managed place rather than scattered across desktops. Under CPV code 48823000, a contracting authority is buying that kind of server, or the storage that backs it, rather than a generic compute box.

The code sits under Servers (48820000), alongside the codes for network servers, computer servers, printer servers and web servers. In practice the line between a file server and a storage system blurs: many awards here are for network-attached storage, disk arrays and the capacity behind backup and disaster-recovery setups, which is why the code shows up in data-centre refresh and storage-expansion work.

Scale is moderate and steady: 218 awards carry this code (TED 2009-2026), at a mean of about 0.9M euro across the 114 awards with disclosed values. Poland, Czechia and Romania place the most.

Search demand for the bare phrase is thin (around 60 monthly searches for "file servers"), which fits a code most contracting authorities reach through the Servers parent or an existing hardware framework rather than by name.

When to use this code

For buyers contracting authority

Reach for 48823000 when the thing being bought is storage-and-serving capacity: a file server, a NAS box, or the disk array that holds shared data and backups. The judgement call is against the neighbouring server codes. If the box exists mainly to run applications or general workloads, Computer servers (48822000) is the closer fit; if its defining role is network services and routing of traffic, Network servers (48821000) fits better.

A second boundary worth setting deliberately: web servers (48825000) front-end web applications, while a file server stores and hands out files internally. Where a single procurement bundles compute, storage and networking into one data-centre refresh, set the primary CPV code by the dominant deliverable rather than by the whole bundle, and use lots to separate the strands an authority wants priced independently.

Because storage purchases tie an authority to a hardware platform and its support contract for years, the specification should pin down capacity, protocols and warranty terms early.

For suppliers bidding

Winners here are storage and infrastructure integrators rather than pure software houses: firms that resell and configure platforms such as NetApp, Dell, IBM or HPE and stand behind a support and warranty commitment. If you bid, the decisive signals are deliverable capacity, the protocols supported, migration of existing data, and a warranty or service plan an authority can lean on for the life of the kit.

Incumbency matters less than under maintenance codes, because each refresh reopens the platform choice, but a sitting integrator that already knows the data centre starts ahead on migration risk. Expect competition from suppliers arriving from the sibling server codes and from networking-equipment bidders who package storage into a wider data-centre deal.

Where this nets out: the contracting authority is buying durable infrastructure it will not replace soon, so a sharp specification answer on capacity, resilience and post-sale support beats a thin price headline almost every time.

Industries and typical projects

Hardware procurement Cloud infrastructure Data services Public sector IT System integration

Commonly confused with

48822000
Computer servers are general-purpose compute boxes; pick 48823000 when the defining role is storing and serving files.
48821000
Network servers centre on network services and traffic; a file server centres on shared file storage.
48825000
Web servers deliver web applications to clients, while a file server stores and hands out files internally.

Example award titles

  • File Storage Infrastructure
  • Storage systém s podporou S3, CIFS a NFS pro vysokou ochranu dat (CZ)
  • Solutie Disaster Recovery (RO)
  • Dodávka file serveru včetně licencí 2024 (CZ)
  • Erweiterung NetApp Infrastruktur - PR755534-2530-I (DE)
  • Zakup serwera plików z opcją deduplikacji i VTL na potrzeby systemu backupu (PL)

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Hierarchy

Parent
48820000
Siblings
48821000488220004882400048825000
Documented June 2026 · AI-augmented body, human-reviewed before publication. Editorial policy.