UNSPSC 31211513: Marking paint

Also called inverted marking paint. Used in surveying, sports, construction and highway engineering to mark ground surfaces.

UNSPSC 31211513 Marking paint, a Commodity code, covers pavement marking materials and facility painting supplies that state and local governments procure for transportation infrastructure maintenance and building upkeep. Recent solicitations show a split between specialized pavement marking paint for highway and parking-lot applications and general-purpose interior and exterior painting products for schools and municipal facilities. The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) IFB for pavement marking waterborne traffic paint (white, yellow, and black) meeting specification 02765 exemplifies the transportation segment—requiring 60–62 percent pigment content, 77 percent total solids, 80–95 Krebs units viscosity, and volatile organic content not exceeding 100 grams per liter, with delivery within 30 calendar days and a three-year contract term with two optional one-year renewals. School districts and municipal facilities managers appear as recurring buyers, though recent UNSPSC-tagged opportunities in the source show painting-services contracts (labor and materials bundled) rather than paint commodities alone; these include Cobb County School District's RFP for turnkey interior and exterior painting services at multiple facilities (due November 10, 2026) and Orange County, Florida's solicitation for commercial interior and exterior painting services for facilities management (due July 7, 2026). The code captures raw paint products and supplies, while the broader scope of state and local painting work encompasses both the material and the labor component.

Geographic activity centers on the Sun Belt and upper Midwest. UDOT's pavement-marking paint solicitation demonstrates active highway-maintenance procurement in Utah, while school districts in Georgia (Cobb County), Texas (San Antonio), and Florida (Orange County) represent the municipal and educational sector. The Utah IFB, posted September 28, 2026 with bids due October 16, 2026, remains the most specification-intensive marking paint opportunity in the source, structured as a lowest-total-cost award across six delivery regions with guaranteed pricing for one year and price-adjustment provisions thereafter. Paint-services RFPs are more frequent in recent postings than standalone paint procurement, suggesting that state and local buyers often bundle materials and labor rather than source paint as a discrete commodity.