CPV group
14700000: Basic metals
CPV code 14700000 is "Basic metals", a group in the Common Procurement Vocabulary used to classify UK public sector contracts. It, or a more specific code beneath it, was used on 20 UK public contracts since 2023, awarded by 9 buyers, most often UK Research & Innovation and UK Shared Business Services Ltd. The typical contract was worth about £80k.
UK public contracts since 2023
How buyers use 14700000
- Contracts
- 20
- Buyers
- 9
- Typical value
- £80k
- Ending in 18 months
- 5
By year of award: 2023 8 · 2024 11 · 2025 1 · 2026 0. Figures as of 23 September 2026. Typical value is the median of single-supplier contracts with a published value (20).
Buyers using this code most
Suppliers winning most often
- Stable Laser Systems Inc2
- Boing Rapid Secure Limited2
- Shropshire Stainless and Aluminium Ltd1
- Kyoto Fusioneering Limited1
- Thames Stockholders1
- High Finesse Laser and Electronic Systems GmbH1
- Jewson Limited1
- Calder Industrial Materials Ltd1
Recent contracts under 14700000
Where it sits
Codes above 14700000
- 14000000Mining, basic metals and related products
- 14700000Basic metals
More specific
Codes beneath 14700000
- 14720000Aluminium, nickel, scandium, titanium and vanadium4
- 14710000Iron, lead, zinc, tin and copper3
- 14770000Caesium, strontium, rubidium and calcium3
- 14750000Cadmium, lutetium, hafnium, tantalum and tungsten2
- 14760000Iridium, gallium, indium, thallium and barium2
- 14730000Chromium, manganese, cobalt, yttrium and zirconium
- 14740000Molybdenum, technetium, ruthenium and rhodium
- 14780000Potassium, magnesium, sodium and lithium
- 14790000Niobium, osmium, rhenium and palladium
Questions
About CPV code 14700000
What is CPV code 14700000?
CPV code 14700000 is "Basic metals", a group in the Common Procurement Vocabulary used to classify UK public sector contracts. It, or a more specific code beneath it, was used on 20 UK public contracts since 2023, awarded by 9 buyers, most often UK Research & Innovation and UK Shared Business Services Ltd. The typical contract was worth about £80k.
Which codes sit above and below 14700000?
14700000 sits under 14000000 (Mining, basic metals and related products). It has 9 more specific codes beneath it, the most used being 14720000 (Aluminium, nickel, scandium, titanium and vanadium).
Who wins contracts under CPV code 14700000?
The suppliers named most often on UK public contracts under 14700000 since 2023 are Stable Laser Systems Inc (2), Boing Rapid Secure Limited (2), Shropshire Stainless and Aluminium Ltd (1). 18 different suppliers have won work under this code.
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