UNSPSC 31211502: Water based paints

UNSPSC 31211502 Water based paints is a Commodity code encompassing interior and exterior paints, coatings, primers, and related materials that state and local governments procure for facility maintenance, infrastructure marking, and institutional operations. Recent solicitations show a mixed market: some purchasing bodies seek paints as consumable supplies through catalog bids or blanket purchase agreements; others procure water-based paints for specific infrastructure applications, such as pavement marking by state DOTs; and still others bundle paint procurement with broader painting services contracts where the paint specification is ancillary to labor. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted two separate IFBs for assorted paints (IW256389, due July 13, 2026; IW252554, closed June 11, 2026), suggesting recurring operational demand. School districts, counties, and state agencies dominate the issuing body mix. Donna Independent School District in Texas and the Illinois Secretary of State each opened catalog-format RFPs to establish multi-vendor paint supply agreements. The State of California issued an RFB for a three-year painting supplies contract, and the State of Illinois via Chicago Public Schools established a joint purchase master contract with domestic product and Green Seal environmental compliance requirements. County-level facilities management procurement also appears—Sarasota County and Orange County, Florida both solicited painting services that specify paint brands and performance standards. The Utah Department of Transportation issued a specialized IFB for pavement marking acrylic water-based paint, delivered regionally in bulk and container formats.

Geographic activity spans multiple states with particular concentration in Florida, Texas, California, and Illinois. Recent opportunities posted between January and July 2026 include UDOT's February 2026 pavement-marking paint IFB (Utah); the State of California's April 2026 three-year painting supplies RFB; Illinois Secretary of State's April 2026 RFQ for paint and supplies; Texas TDCJ's two assorted-paint IFBs (June and July 2026); Donna ISD's April 2026 catalog bid (Cameron County, Texas); Chicago Public Schools' March 2026 joint purchase master contract for paint and coatings (Illinois); and Orange County and Sarasota County, Florida's spring 2026 facilities management painting services solicitations that incorporated paint specifications. The code shows sustained demand from state departments of transportation, corrections, and general services; county facilities and procurement departments; independent school districts; and municipal facilities management, with both commodity supply contracts and embedded paint procurement within broader painting-services RFPs. Prevailing-wage and environmental compliance requirements appear in state-level procurements (California, Illinois, Utah); local preference programs emerge in municipal solicitations such as Pembroke Pines, Florida's school painting project.