CPV 03xxxxx — Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products under CPV division 03 cover EU public procurement of timber, seeds, animal feed, fish and seafood, fresh produce, and related raw materials. Major contracting authorities include public hospitals procuring fresh produce for catering, military commissaries, prison services, school meal programmes, national food security stockpiling agencies, and state forestry bodies. EU agriculture-related procurement reflects broader policy objectives including food chain sustainability, local sourcing mandates, and organic certification preferences increasingly embedded in technical specifications.
Suppliers in agricultural commodity markets should note that EU procurement thresholds (approximately €215,000 for most central authorities) mean that significant volumes of food and agricultural procurement are conducted through national procedures not published on TED. The contracts that do appear on TED tend to be large framework agreements for hospital, prison, or military catering systems — high-volume, multi-year commitments that are strategically valuable. Certification requirements including organic, fair trade, or geographic indication (PDO/PGI) status are increasingly common evaluation criteria, particularly in northern EU member states.
Contract notices under CPV division 03 are published by contracting authorities across all 27 EU member states on TED Europa. Verify current deadlines directly on TED before beginning bid preparation, as corrigenda (correction notices) may have modified the original published deadline. Estimated values shown are from the original contract notice — final awarded values are disclosed in Contract Award Notices published after the procedure concludes.