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CPV 72317000

Data storage services

Data storage services are contracts for holding an organisation's data safely and keeping it retrievable: disk and storage arrays, storage area networks (SAN), backup and archiving, disaster recovery, and the increasingly common managed or hosted cloud storage that wraps around all of it. Under CPV code 72317000, a contracting authority is buying somewhere reliable to keep data and the operational service that keeps it available, not data processing or analysis.

It sits inside Data-processing services (72310000), alongside the codes for moving, collecting and analysing data. This is one of the busier leaves in that family: 500 awards carry the code (TED 2009-2026), at a mean of about EUR 1.9M across the 287 awards with disclosed values. Germany, France and Spain place the most.

In practice the scope is broad. Some contracts are pure on-premise hardware with installation and support, the supply of a SAN or a modular data centre. Others are fully managed cloud storage, backup-as-a-service, or a disaster-recovery arrangement billed as an ongoing service. Public search demand reflects that split: terms like data storage services and cloud data storage services carry steady, non-branded commercial interest, so suppliers selling either model find a real audience here.

When to use this code

For buyers contracting authority

Pick 72317000 when the contract's main purpose is keeping data safe and retrievable rather than processing or transporting it. Storage arrays, SANs, backup and archiving, disaster recovery and managed cloud storage all sit here. If the deliverable instead moves data between systems, that is Data transmission services (72318000); if it transforms or analyses the data, look to the analysis sibling (72316000) or the parent.

The practical complication is bundling. Several of the awards here are not pure services at all: they fold in the storage hardware, its installation, data migration and a multi-year support wrap. The titles bear this out, with awards covering supply and installation of a storage system, the purchase of a storage and backup system with associated services, and the supply of a modular data centre. Where a single contract mixes hardware supply with the storage service, keep it under 72317000 as long as holding and serving the data is the dominant purpose, and reserve the equipment codes for deals that are purely about the kit.

One boundary worth flagging: the hardware itself, media storage and reader devices, is 30233000. Use that for a straight goods purchase with no managed-service element.

For suppliers bidding

Two quite different kinds of supplier win here, and you should know which game you are in before you bid. One is the infrastructure integrator that supplies and installs SANs, disk arrays and data-centre kit, then wraps support around it. The other is the managed or cloud storage provider selling backup, archiving and recovery as an ongoing service. The example awards span both shapes, from SAN-attached enterprise disk storage to fully managed cloud storage for a hospital laboratory.

The honest read is that the demand is genuine, and broad. With 500 awards over the window (TED 2009-2026) at a mean near EUR 1.9M for disclosed values, this is recurring, real-money work rather than a niche leaf, and the live commercial search interest behind the topic means contracting authorities arrive here knowing roughly what they want. That cuts both ways, because it also means price and service-level commitments get scrutinised hard.

If you bid, lead on what the contracting authority is actually nervous about: data durability, recovery-time objectives, security and exit terms. Certifications and a credible migration plan carry more weight than headline capacity. Germany, France and Spain account for the bulk of historical activity (TED 2009-2026), so a multi-country delivery and data-residency story helps. Suppliers active under hardware supply and system integration bid here too whenever a storage scope appears inside a larger infrastructure programme.

Industries and typical projects

Cloud infrastructure Data services Hardware procurement System integration Public sector IT Cybersecurity

Commonly confused with

72318000
Data transmission moves data between systems; 72317000 is about holding it safely and keeping it retrievable.
72310000
The broader data-processing parent. Choose 72317000 when the contract's core purpose is storing and serving data, not transforming it.
30233000
That code is the storage hardware itself, media storage and reader devices; 72317000 is the storage service, even when it bundles some kit.

Example award titles

  • Provision of Supply, installation, data migration and support of a Data array storage system
  • The provision of a Fully Managed Cloud Storage Technology Service for the Central Pathology Laboratory at St James’s Hospital Dublin
  • The purchase of a storage/backup system with associated services
  • Data storage; backup and archiving
  • Supply of a Modular Data Centre
  • SAN attached enterprise disk storage.

Live tenders (2)

Slovenia – System and support services – Najem, nadgradnja, vzdrževanje in upravljanje programske opreme Broadcom, Omnissa in Veeam SI · closes 2026-07-02
Finland – Repair and maintenance services – Haminan kaupungin kameravalvontapalvelu FI · closes 2026-08-17
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Hierarchy

Parent
72310000
Siblings
7231100072312000723130007231400072315000723160007231800072319000
Documented June 2026 · AI-augmented body, human-reviewed before publication. Editorial policy.