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CPV 72318000

Data transmission services

Data transmission services cover the work of moving data from one place to another over a network: the circuits, links and managed connections that carry it, plus the services that deliver or disseminate data feeds to the people who need them. Under CPV code 72318000, a contracting authority is buying the movement of data, not its storage, its analysis, or the software that processes it.

The code is a leaf inside Data-processing services (72310000), sitting alongside the codes for storing data (72317000), managing the network it runs on (72315000), and collecting it (72314000). In practice the awards range from a point-to-point data circuit or an MPLS link between sites to a dissemination service that pushes a recurring data feed out to subscribers.

It is a steadily used code, not a niche one. 1,026 awards carry it (TED 2009-2026), at a mean of about €1.3M across the 739 awards with disclosed values. Lithuania, Romania and Poland place the most. The recurring shape, fixed-term connectivity that has to be renewed, is part of why the volume holds up across the full window.

When to use this code

For buyers contracting authority

Pick 72318000 when the contract's main purpose is carrying data across a network: leased lines, data circuits, MPLS connectivity between sites, or a managed link that moves a feed from a source to its consumers. The test is whether the deliverable is the transport itself rather than what happens at either end of it.

Two sibling boundaries trip contracting authorities. Data storage services (72317000) is where the data sits at rest, not where it travels; Data network management and support services (72315000) is for running and supporting the network, not for the transmission capacity itself. Where a single contract bundles a circuit with the management of it, tag the primary CPV code by whichever dominates the statement of work.

The other boundary is upward, into telecommunications. When the procurement is a general telecoms connectivity buy rather than a data-processing service, 64200000 (Telecommunications services) is often the cleaner fit. Reserve 72318000 for transmission that sits inside a data-processing remit.

For suppliers bidding

Winners under 72318000 are connectivity and managed-network providers, the firms that own or resell circuits, run MPLS backbones, or operate dissemination platforms, not application developers. If you bid, your case rests on coverage of the required sites, throughput and latency guarantees, and a service-level commitment with credible uptime, far more than on a broad software catalogue.

This is recurring, fixed-term revenue with a strong renewal pattern: circuits and links get re-tendered on cycle, which rewards the incumbent that already has the physical or contractual footprint in place. A challenger's main obstacle is switching risk, so a clean migration plan that avoids an outage carries real weight against a sitting provider.

The volume is real and geographically concentrated: 1,026 awards (TED 2009-2026), with Lithuania, Romania and Poland accounting for the bulk. A delivery footprint in those markets, or a partner who has one, matters more here than it would on a code with flatter geography. Suppliers active under telecommunications (64200000) and data network management (72315000) bid here too whenever a transmission scope sits inside a larger connectivity programme.

Industries and typical projects

Telecommunications Data services Networking equipment Cloud infrastructure Public sector IT

Commonly confused with

72317000
Data storage services keep data at rest; 72318000 is the movement of data across a network, not where it sits.
72315000
Network management runs and supports the network itself; transmission services buy the capacity that carries data over it.
64200000
Telecommunications services is the broader connectivity category; choose 72318000 when transmission sits inside a data-processing remit.

Example award titles

  • Supply of Data Circuit Ireland Links 2023-2026
  • Provision of MPLS Services
  • Operations contract. Server for GNSS tracking data for transfer to crisis-management solution (MFA CIM)
  • Dissemination service of CMEM’s multi-year and invariable products and ocean surveillance indicators
  • Datacommunicatieverbinding Porthos platform (NL)
  • Storitve prenosa podatkov DATALINK - Evropa (SI)

Live tenders (3)

Slovenia – Mobile-telephone services – Zagotavljanje storitev fiksne in mobilne telefonije, dobava mobilnih naprav, zakup internetnih linij z DDoS zaščito,vzpostavitev internetnega priključka na rezervni lokaciji ter izvajanje storitev... SI · closes 2026-07-07
Germany – Electrical wiring and fitting work – Optimierung/Dekarbonisierung der Kläranlage, Elektrotechnische Einbindung Rechengebäude mit PV und Gasspeicher DE · closes 2026-07-14
Poland – Maintenance and repair of ticket-issuing machinery – Świadczenie usługi serwisowej i eksploatacyjnej mobilnych automatów biletowych EMtest oraz utrzymanie platformy programowo - sprzętowej wraz z transmisją danych PL · closes 2026-07-14
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Hierarchy

Parent
72310000
Siblings
7231100072312000723130007231400072315000723160007231700072319000
Documented June 2026 · AI-augmented body, human-reviewed before publication. Editorial policy.