Data supply services

Pick 72319000 when the deliverable is access to someone else's data, not work performed on data the authority already holds. The clean test: if what gets accepted and paid for is a subscription, a licence, or a delivered feed, this is the code. If the deliverable is a processed result, an analysis, or a populated database, it belongs to a sibling.

Three boundaries trip contracting authorities. Data collection and collation (72314000) is for commissioning the gathering of new data; 72319000 is for buying data that already exists. Data analysis (72316000) is for turning data into findings, not for supplying the raw feed. Data storage (72317000) is for holding data, not sourcing it.

Where a contract bundles a feed with light processing or a hosted interface, set the primary CPV code by the dominant deliverable. If the authority is fundamentally paying for the data, keep it here even when a portal or some enrichment rides along. With 570 awards across the full window (TED 2009-2026), this is a well-used code rather than an edge case, so the classification matters for discoverability.

Winners under 72319000 are data publishers and aggregators that own or license a proprietary dataset, not general IT services firms. The asset is the data, so your bid stands or falls on what you can supply and on what nobody else can: exclusive coverage, update frequency, history depth, and the terms of the licence. Headcount and tooling matter far less here than they do on a build or maintenance code.

The sharp edge is incumbency through the data itself. When a contracting authority has built reporting around a specific feed, switching to an equivalent source carries migration and continuity risk, which favours the holder of the better dataset more than the cheaper bidder. If you bid against an entrenched feed, attack on coverage or licensing terms the incumbent cannot match, not on price alone.

Several of the titles above are framework agreements or multi-year subscriptions, so renewal options compound that advantage. France, Poland and Germany account for the bulk of historical activity (TED 2009-2026); a credible multi-country licensing and delivery footprint helps. Suppliers active under data analysis (72316000) and data collection (72314000) bid here too whenever a feed sits inside a larger data programme.