UNSPSC 31211904: Paint brushes

UNSPSC 31211904 Paint brushes is a Commodity code encompassing paintbrushes and related hand-application tools for facility maintenance, construction, and fleet operations across state and local agencies. Recent solicitations show paint brushes as a component within broader paint and painting-supply procurement vehicles — school districts, cities, counties, and transit systems source brushes alongside paints, primers, sealants, masking materials, and application equipment on as-needed or catalog-discount bases. The San Antonio Independent School District has issued multiple continuous, open-ended RFPs for general maintenance services, parts, repairs, supplies and equipment (five separate tranches from May through October 2026) that encompass brushes within district-wide facility maintenance, with no guaranteed minimum volume and awards contingent on funding availability. Issuing bodies span school districts, municipalities, counties, transit authorities, and special-purpose districts, with notably active repeat procurement from San Antonio ISD and emerging activity from city departments and regional transit systems procuring paint materials for fleet and facility upkeep.

Geographic activity clusters in Texas (San Antonio ISD, City of Fort Worth, City of Austin, City of Gainesville, Cuyahoga County Department of Public Works in Ohio, Orange County and City of Orlando in Florida, City of Charlotte in North Carolina, Mt. San Antonio Community College District in California, and Community Development Authority of Madison, Wisconsin) across diverse regions. Representative recent opportunities include Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's catalog-discount bid for paint and painting supplies (solicitation PAINT2628, due September 29, 2026, estimated $10.3 million over two years); City of Fort Worth RFP 26-0224 for paint and paint supplies with a 30% small-business participation goal (due August 6, 2026); and City of Charlotte's invitation for bus paint, coatings, and related materials for CATS fleet operations (due June 8, 2026, 112 line items including brushes, sanders, primers, and specialty products). Paint brushes appear consistently as line-item commodities within these solicitations but are rarely solicited as standalone opportunities — they are purchased as adjuncts to larger paint and painting-services contracts or as components of cooperative purchasing agreements for painting supplies.