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CPV 72243000

Programming services

Programming services means writing the actual code: a contracting authority pays a supplier to develop software, build an application, or implement a system to a defined specification. Under CPV code 72243000 the deliverable is the working software itself, the hands-on programming work, not the advice around it or the upkeep that follows.

The code sits under Systems analysis and programming services (72240000), so its home is bespoke development: building public-facing web applications and portals, coding to a named language or platform, adapting an existing system to new requirements, and the framework agreements authorities set up to draw on programming capacity over several years.

This is a substantial code, not a niche one. 490 awards carry it (TED 2009-2026), 352 with disclosed values, at a mean of about 2.6M EUR. Lithuania, Czechia and France place the most. Search interest in the bare term is low, volume around 60 for "programming services" (Ahrefs, UK), which fits a code most authorities reach through a parent category or an existing framework rather than by searching for it directly.

When to use this code

For buyers contracting authority

Choose 72243000 when the contract's main output is software that someone writes to your specification: a new application, a portal, an upgrade coded against a named language or platform, or capacity to do programming work on call. If the deliverable is running code, this is the code.

The boundary that trips authorities is Contract systems analysis and programming services (72245000): pick 72243000 for the programming itself, and reserve 72245000 for a bundled analysis-and-programming engagement contracted as a single service. The other near neighbour is Prototyping services (72244000): a prototype is an early testable version that proves an idea, while programming delivers production software meant to run in service.

Many of the awards above are framework agreements, including multi-call-off arrangements drawn down by minitender. Where one contract folds analysis, programming and later maintenance into a single bundle, set the primary CPV code by the dominant deliverable, not by the whole scope.

For suppliers bidding

Winners here are development shops, software houses, and staff-augmentation suppliers that can put qualified programmers on a brief and ship working code against a spec. If you bid, your case rests on a portfolio of comparable builds, the named developers and their language or platform credentials, and evidence you can deliver to deadline, more than on headline price.

The honest read on this code: a lot of the volume runs through framework agreements, so the real contest is often getting onto the framework first, then winning call-offs and minitenders against the other named suppliers. Treat framework qualification as the gate, and price your day rates to survive repeated mini-competitions rather than a single award.

Expect company from two directions. Suppliers bidding under Contract systems analysis and programming services (72245000) arrive when analysis and coding are bundled, and consultancy-leaning firms cross over from Systems consultancy services (72246000) when advice shades into build. With 490 awards spread across 2009-2026 (TED) and Lithuania, Czechia and France placing the most, this is a steady, sizeable code rather than an intermittent one.

Industries and typical projects

Software development Custom software IT staff augmentation System integration E-government

Commonly confused with

72245000
That code is a bundled analysis-and-programming engagement contracted as one service; 72243000 is the programming work itself.
72244000
A prototype is an early testable version that proves an idea, while programming delivers production software meant to run in service.
72246000
Systems consultancy buys advice and judgement, while programming buys the hands-on coding that turns a specification into working software.

Example award titles

  • Framework agreement for the provision of programming services - Minitender 2
  • Framework agreement for programming ByggSøk
  • 2018/1311 Procurement of new form system.
  • Storitve programiranja javanskih aplikacij (SI)
  • 27160 PowerPlatform programavimo paslaugų pirkimas (LT)
  • Automationsprogrammering Infrastruktur (DK)

Live tenders (1)

Ireland – Hardware selection consultancy services – Provision of Onsite Operations Services IE · closes 2026-06-22
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Hierarchy

Parent
72240000
Siblings
7224100072242000722440007224500072246000
Documented June 2026 · AI-augmented body, human-reviewed before publication. Editorial policy.