Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) has been developed by the European Union for public procurement.

Some tendering services even divide types of business very finely in their own way, by CPV (Common Procurement Vocabulary) codes.

When you publish new documents on Contracts Finder you can use Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes to help suppliers find your notices.

When you register your profile with Sell2Wales, you choose the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes that are appropriate to the goods and services your business offers.

CPV was established by Regulation (EC) No 2195/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV).

It is a simple matter to summarise the contents: they revise and modernise the current directives, they introduce electronic auctions; they clarify the standards on technical specifications, they define rules on award criteria, they simplify the thresholds and they introduce a Common Procurement Vocabulary.