UNSPSC 60121204: Washable tempera paint

UNSPSC 60121204 Washable tempera paint — a Commodity code — captures state and local purchases of washable tempera paints and related art supplies for classroom and recreational use. Recent solicitations show school districts, municipal parks departments, and state procurement offices buying tempera paint as part of broader art-supply bundles rather than as standalone line items; the code sits within procurement workflows alongside brushes, markers, papers, clay, and craft materials. Issuing bodies include independent school districts (Northside ISD in San Antonio; Polk County, Marion County, and Seminole County school boards in Florida; Donna ISD in Texas), municipal recreation departments (Columbus Consolidated Government Parks and Recreation in Georgia), and state agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller of Public Accounts). School districts and county education authorities dominate the recent activity, typically bundling tempera paint into comprehensive annual art-supply contracts to support classroom instruction and after-school programming.

Geographic spread centers on Texas and Florida, with secondary activity in Georgia and Wisconsin. Recent representative opportunities include Northside Independent School District's IFB 2026096 for art supplies and equipment districtwide (bids due July 30, 2026); the School Board of Polk County's ITB 038RW0426 covering 157 art-material line items with a one-year term commencing June 1, 2026 (bids due April 21, 2026); Donna Independent School District's RFP 011326-867 for catalog-discount art supplies including tempera paints for the 2026-2027 school year (proposals due April 8, 2026); and the School Board of Marion County's Bid #4150AM for approximately 215 art-supply line items for its central warehouse with a ten-month term from March 1 through December 31, 2026 (bids due January 14, 2026). Most of these awards go to multiple vendors on an as-needed basis, with pricing tied to catalog discounts or firm unit pricing. Activity is steady but not concentrated; no single issuing body appears more than twice in the recent block, and procurement volumes range from departmental after-school program supply ($30,000–$50,000 annually at Columbus) to district-wide classroom support across hundreds of schools.