UNSPSC 60121202: Contemporary liquid tempera paint

UNSPSC 60121202 Contemporary liquid tempera paint is a Commodity code covering art paint products purchased by K–12 school districts and education cooperatives for classroom instruction and student use. The scope encompasses tempera paints and related art supplies bundled into broader art procurement vehicles alongside construction paper, markers, brushes, sketch pads, and other classroom art materials. School districts are the primary issuing bodies, procuring through direct district RFBs, cooperative purchasing arrangements serving multiple districts, and regional education service cooperatives. The work is straightforward supply procurement with firm, fixed pricing quoted F.O.B. destination to the purchasing district or cooperative warehouse, Net 30 payment terms, and multi-vendor awards common in larger school system buys.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Florida, and Georgia. The School Board of Seminole County, Florida issued IFB 19200044B-LL in September 2019 for art paper and related supplies (24 line items including tempera paint products) to multiple vendors including Pyramid School Products, Smith Office & Computer Supply, and Blick Art Materials for $43,089.75 annual spend. Coleman County Purchasing Agency, serving 35 Georgia school systems, solicited bids on art supplies including tempera paints due September 15, 2026 under a cooperative purchasing vehicle covering annual orders throughout 2027. Fort Bend Independent School District in Texas issued RFP 27-004KB due September 25, 2026 for art supplies and equipment, and Northside Independent School District in San Antonio issued IFB 2026-096 due July 30, 2026 for districtwide art supplies and equipment. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Kilgore, Texas solicited catalog discount bids on paint and painting supplies (PAINT2628) with estimated two-year expenditures of $10.3 million due September 29, 2026, indicating substantial volume opportunity in cooperative arrangements. Most recent solicitations require samples for new brands, include shipping and handling costs to district warehouses, and employ standard competitive bid methodology with lowest responsive and responsible bidder as primary evaluation criterion.