UNSPSC 72151300: Painting and paper hanging services

The application of paint and paper coatings to structures owned by others

UNSPSC 72151300, Painting and paper hanging services, is a Class code that encompasses interior and exterior painting, coating systems, surface preparation, and related repairs across state and local facilities, infrastructure, and real property. State and local governments are actively procuring painting work through competitive sealed bids, requests for qualifications, and on-call service contracts to address routine maintenance, facility renovations, asset protection initiatives, and specialized coating applications ranging from water storage tanks and traffic signal masts to institutional buildings and public housing stock. The issuing bodies span state transportation and facilities departments, county governments, municipal public works and procurement offices, housing authorities, public utilities, community colleges, corrections facilities, and medical centers. Recent activity shows a broad geographic mix across Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Texas, California, Washington, and Pennsylvania, with particular concentration in the Northeast and Southeast.

Representative recent solicitations include the City of DeBary's Rob Sullivan Park irrigation improvements (Bid 03-15, IFB, April 2015, though posted October 2026, suggesting archive timing); the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County's J.G. Beacham Water Treatment Plant miscellaneous coatings project (BID #27017, sealed bid, due November 18, 2026 at $400,000 to $800,000 estimated, 240-day performance period, mandatory pre-bid October 29, 2026); California Department of Transportation's painting and repair services at maintenance stations in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties under IFPQ 08A4036 (small-business set-aside restricted to certified SBs, MBs, or DVBEs, quotes due October 26, 2026, $484,000 maximum price, November 23, 2026 contract start); the Town of Burlington, Massachusetts' exterior repairs and painting at Overlook Park (IFB 27-630-60, prevailing wage project, due October 28, 2026, mandatory pre-bid October 21, 2026); the City of Huntsville, Texas' half-million-gallon ground storage tank restoration and recoating (Bid NO. 27-05, sealed bid, due October 27, 2026, 90-day performance, mandatory site visit October 15, 2026); Beverly Housing Authority's annual painting and related repairs for public housing turnovers (sealed bid, $58,500 estimated, November 1, 2026 through October 31, 2027 contract term, due October 9, 2026); and Gwinnett County, Georgia's general facilities maintenance and painting services on an annual contract spanning over 300 facilities (BL142-26, proposals due October 21, 2026). Many solicitations are active in the fall 2026 procurement cycle with response deadlines concentrated between late September and November 2026, and several require prevailing wage compliance, bid bonds, performance and payment bonds, insurance coverage, and pre-bid meetings or site visits.