UNSPSC 31211520: Antifouling paint

A paint for final application on the surface exposed to the body of a ship and sea water.

UNSPSC 31211520 Antifouling paint, a Commodity code, does not align with the scope of work state and local governments are actually soliciting under this code designation. Recent opportunities show painting services and materials procurement — interior and exterior painting at school facilities, commercial painting for county facilities management, court resurfacing, and apartment exterior painting and siding work — rather than marine or protective coatings that antifouling paint typically addresses. School districts, county facilities departments, and municipal authorities are the primary issuing bodies posting under this code tag, but the work they are buying consists of general commercial painting services and related exterior maintenance rather than specialized marine or industrial antifouling applications.

The code shows recent activity in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. Cobb County School District (Georgia) posted RFP P27032 on October 13, 2026, soliciting turnkey interior and exterior painting services at multiple facilities on an as-needed basis, with proposals due November 10, 2026. Orange County, Florida issued Y26-1008 on June 2, 2026, for commercial interior and exterior painting services for facilities management across Orange County and City of Orlando properties, with sealed offers due July 7, 2026 via the OpenGov e-Procurement Platform and a question deadline of June 16, 2026. The Community Development Authority of the City of Madison, Wisconsin solicited bids on RFB 15051-0-2026-AH for the Karabis Apartments Painting and Siding Project on June 29, 2026, with bids due July 17, 2026; that project included Davis-Bacon Act compliance requirements and mandatory Affirmative Action Plan filing for contractors with 15 or more employees. Beaufort County, South Carolina posted IFB 102026 for tennis and pickleball court resurfacing, though that work—involving pavement repair, root treatment, and fence replacement—sits outside antifouling-paint scope. The code shows a mismatch between its nominal taxonomy and the general commercial painting services state and local buyers are actually contracting.