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CPV 72313000

Data capture services

Data capture services are the work of getting information off a source and into a usable digital form: reading forms, scanning and indexing documents, digitising paper records, pulling readings from sensors or imagery, and structuring the result so a system can use it. Under CPV code 72313000, a contracting authority is buying the acquisition step, not the later analysis or long-term storage of the data.

The code sits inside Data-processing services (72310000), alongside siblings for data entry (72312000), collection and collation (72314000), analysis (72316000) and storage (72317000). Where those split the pipeline by stage, 72313000 is specifically the capture end: turning a physical or signal source into structured records.

The code carries real, recurring volume. 601 awards run under it (TED 2009-2026), at a mean of about €1.8M across the 362 awards with disclosed values. Spain and the Czech Republic dominate the count, with Germany next. The work spans survey and questionnaire digitisation, geospatial and satellite acquisition, document scanning bureaus, and sensor or telemetry capture for transport and utilities.

Public search interest in the bare phrase is modest, around 90 monthly searches for "data capture services" with a near-zero difficulty (Ahrefs, EN markets). That fits a back-office service that authorities reach through a parent category or a framework rather than a direct search.

When to use this code

For buyers contracting authority

Pick 72313000 when the contract's job is to acquire and structure data, not to interpret it or hold it. The clean test: if the accepted deliverable is digitised records, captured readings, or scanned and indexed documents handed back in a usable form, this is the code. If the deliverable is an interpretation, a report, or a model, that points to data analysis (72316000) instead.

Two sibling boundaries trip contracting authorities. Data entry (72312000) is keying known field values into a system, a narrower manual task; data capture is the broader acquisition of information from forms, imagery, or sensors, often with automated reading. Data collection and collation (72314000) leans toward gathering and merging datasets that already exist, while capture is the first-touch conversion of a source into records.

Mixed scopes are common. A single tender often captures, then stores or analyses, the same data. Set the primary CPV code by the dominant deliverable and tag the secondary stages as additional codes. With 601 awards across the window (TED 2009-2026) and a high disclosed mean, this is a well-populated code, so precise tagging helps the right suppliers find the notice.

For suppliers bidding

Winners here are specialists in the capture method the tender names, not generalist IT firms. A document-scanning bureau, a geospatial survey house, a survey-and-questionnaire processor, and a sensor-telemetry integrator are different businesses, and a contracting authority can tell whether your references match the source it needs converted. Lead your bid with the matching capability, throughput evidence, and accuracy or quality-control credentials, because those decide capture awards more than headline price.

The money is real: a mean of about €1.8M across the 362 disclosed awards (TED 2009-2026), well above a routine back-office rate. Two of the example titles below are framework agreements, the shape that rewards getting named first, then competing on call-offs.

Geography concentrates the flow. Spain and the Czech Republic account for the bulk of awards, Germany next (TED 2009-2026), so a credible footprint in those markets, or a local delivery partner, helps more than it would on an evenly spread code. Suppliers active under data analysis (72316000) and the broader data-processing parent (72310000) bid here too whenever capture sits inside a larger pipeline.

Industries and typical projects

Data services Data analytics Geospatial IT Public sector IT Digital transformation

Commonly confused with

72312000
Data entry is keying known values into a system; data capture is the broader acquisition of information from forms, imagery, or sensors.
72314000
Collection and collation gathers and merges existing datasets, while capture is the first-touch conversion of a physical or signal source into records.
72316000
Data analysis interprets data and produces findings; reserve 72313000 for the acquisition step that precedes any analysis.

Example award titles

  • Network Records Data Capture
  • Framework agreement for data acquisition and construction of Digital Terrain Model (DTM)
  • Provision of Geographical Information Systems & Services
  • Framework for an electronic vote counting system for Scottish Local Government Elections.
  • Acquisition of 8 Band Multispectral Very High Resolution Satellite Imagery for Common Land in England
  • Road monitor for asset management, winter management and unsafe traffic situation (ROMO)

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Hierarchy

Parent
72310000
Siblings
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Documented June 2026 · AI-augmented body, human-reviewed before publication. Editorial policy.