UNSPSC 31211521: Ready mixed paint

A dry oil paint that is used in the wooden material surface, metal surface, plywood, steel frame and others. The main ingredients are coloring pigments, body pigments, dry oil, alkyd resin varnish and others, and this paint liquefied them with sufficient mixed dispersion.

UNSPSC 31211521 Ready mixed paint, a Commodity code, encompasses interior and exterior paints, primers, stains, sealers, and related coating products that state and local governments procure both as finished goods for direct inventory and as components of larger painting and facility maintenance contracts. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers purchasing paint through three distinct channels: standalone paint and supplies contracts (catalog bids and blanket purchase agreements), as-needed interior and exterior painting services at multiple county and municipal facilities, and paint as part of comprehensive capital projects like school exterior painting and historic structure restoration. The issuing-body mix spans state procurement offices (California, Illinois, Texas), county governments (Santa Clara, Sarasota, Orange County in Florida), municipalities (City of Madison, City of Salem, City of Pembroke Pines), independent school districts (Donna ISD), and state agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice). Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted two recent assorted-paint IFBs within the past month (IW252554 due June 11, 2026, and IW256389 extended to July 13, 2026), signaling repeated buying activity; Orange County, Florida posted two separate commercial interior and exterior painting services RFBs (Y26-155 in March 2026 and Y26-1008 in June 2026), indicating rolling procurement cycles for facilities management.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Florida, California, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Oregon. Representative current opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB IW256389 for assorted paints (bids due July 13, 2026) serving Van Zandt County and Hughes Springs City; Sarasota County's IFB 262870MKM for interior and exterior painting services at county facilities on an as-needed basis with a three-year term (responses due July 15, 2026); Orange County, Florida's Y26-1008 RFB for commercial interior and exterior painting services across Orange County and City of Orlando facilities (responses due July 7, 2026 via OpenGov); and the City of Madison, Wisconsin's RFB for the Karabis Apartments painting and siding project (bids due July 17, 2026, Davis-Bacon subject). Additional activity includes the County of Santa Clara ITB-PRC-FY26-0587 for as-needed interior and exterior painting services at countywide locations subject to prevailing wage (bids due April 14, 2026); the City of Pembroke Pines IFB PSPW-26-05 for exterior painting at Pembroke Pines Charter School—Central Campus with a mandatory pre-bid meeting held April 14, 2026, and submission through OpenGov by April 28, 2026 (estimated project cost $220,000); and the State of California RFB for a three-year painting supplies agreement (proposals due April 3, 2026). Multi-year paint supply contracts predominate, with Donna ISD's catalog bid for paint and supplies (proposals due April 8, 2026) and the Illinois/Chicago Public Schools joint purchase master contract for paint and interior/exterior coatings (bid submission deadline March 11, 2026, with a mandatory 6 percent Business Enterprise Program utilization goal) reflecting the volume, standardization, and competitive pricing pressures typical of this commodity class.