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CPV 48983000

Development software package

This code covers off-the-shelf software for building other software: the tools and platforms a development team uses to write, assemble and ship applications. Under CPV code 48983000, a contracting authority is buying a development package as a product (an IDE, an integration platform, a low-code builder, a simulation and modelling environment), not commissioning a custom application or paying for the coding work itself.

It sits inside Programming languages and tools (48980000), the branch that catalogues the building blocks of software development. The siblings split that branch by function: compilers (48981000), configuration management (48982000), GUI tools (48984000), the languages themselves (48985000), test software (48986000) and debuggers (48987000). This code is the catch-all for the broader development package, the integrated environment that wraps those pieces together.

Volume is modest. 123 awards carry the code (TED 2009-2026), of which 69 disclose a value, and across those the mean runs to about €965k. Romania, Germany and Italy place the most. The figure is pulled up by a few large platform subscriptions: enterprise integration and low-code suites are licensed across whole organisations, so a single award can dwarf the typical IDE seat-licence renewal sitting under the same code.

Search interest in the bare term is low, around 80 monthly searches for the head phrase (Ahrefs, EN markets). That fits its role: most contracting authorities reach this code through a parent category or a software framework, not by searching for it directly.

When to use this code

For buyers contracting authority

Pick 48983000 when the deliverable is the development tooling itself, bought as a licensed product. A contracting authority uses it to procure an integrated development environment, an enterprise integration or API platform, a low-code application builder, or a modelling and simulation suite for an engineering team.

The boundary that trips authorities is the product-versus-service line. If the contract's main output is a working bespoke application, that is software development as a service (72262000), even when the supplier installs tooling along the way. Reserve 48983000 for cases where the licence, the platform subscription, or the packaged environment is what gets delivered and paid for.

Within the 48980000 branch, set the code by function. A pure compiler buy is 48981000, GUI-builder tooling is 48984000, the language or runtime alone is 48985000, and test or debug software sits at 48986000 and 48987000. Choose 48983000 when the purchase is the broader development package rather than one of those narrow slices. Where a single contract bundles the platform licence with onboarding or support, set the primary CPV code by whichever element is the dominant purpose.

For suppliers bidding

Winners here are software publishers and their authorised resellers, not delivery shops that sell built applications. The realistic field is the platform owner plus a short list of channel partners with the right licensing authority, so a generalist coding house has little to offer unless it carries a product to sell.

The disclosed mean of about €965k (TED 2009-2026) is skewed by a handful of organisation-wide platform deals; most awards are far smaller seat-licence or subscription renewals. Read each tender for which kind it is before sizing the bid. Incumbency is heavy on the large platform contracts: once an authority standardises on an integration suite or a low-code builder, switching the underlying tooling is rarely on the table, and renewal goes to whoever holds the existing relationship.

What carries a bid is the licensing arrangement, named product certifications, and credible support and onboarding terms rather than headline price. Neighbouring bidders arrive from the software-development services code (72262000), bolting a tooling line onto a build, and from the narrower 48980000 siblings. If you do not already publish or resell the product in question, this is a hard code to win cold.

Industries and typical projects

Software development DevOps tooling System integration Custom software Public sector IT

Commonly confused with

72262000
Software development as a service is the build work itself; choose 48983000 only when the licensed tooling, not a bespoke application, is the deliverable.
48985000
Programming languages covers the language or runtime alone, whereas 48983000 is the broader development package that wraps the tooling together.
48984000
GUI tools is the narrow interface-builder slice of the 48980000 branch; 48983000 is the wider integrated development environment.
48980000
The parent for all programming languages and tools; pick 48983000 when the purchase is specifically a development software package rather than a sibling function.

Example award titles

  • Security testing of cloud software solution and in home devices
  • (25056) 609 Jetbrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, dotUltimate & ReSharper (CH)
  • Suministro de licencias GITLAB (ES)
  • Environnement de développement intégré (BE)
  • Dezvoltare aplicatii software la cerere (RO)
  • Suscripción de Licencias wso2 y servicios de soporte, mantenimiento y desarrollo 2025. (ES)

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Hierarchy

Parent
48980000
Siblings
489810004898200048984000489850004898600048987000
Documented June 2026 · AI-augmented body, human-reviewed before publication. Editorial policy.