UNSPSC 72151307: Ship painting service

The application of paint to ships owned by others

UNSPSC 72151307 Ship painting service is a Commodity code that covers exterior and interior protective coating, restoration, and recoating work on structures including water storage tanks, pump stations, buildings, and related infrastructure — work that state and local governments solicit routinely for facility maintenance, capital projects, and asset preservation. The code's scope spans surface preparation (abrasive blasting to specified standards), application of epoxy primers and urethane or polyurethane finish coats, structural repairs, hazardous-material handling, and specialized systems such as dehumidification and cathodic protection monitoring. Recent opportunities under this code show activity across community colleges, state departments, counties, cities, and special-purpose districts, with issuing bodies including Washington community colleges (Skagit Valley College, Edmonds College, Shoreline Community College, Bellevue College, Bellingham Technical College), state agencies (Washington Department of Enterprise Services, Department of Corrections, Department of Social and Health Services), counties (San Bernardino County, Candler County, Portage County, DeKalb County, Orange County, Sarasota County), and municipal transit and development authorities (Orange County Transportation Authority, City of Long Beach, City of Huntsville, City of Madison, Louisville Metro). Prevailing wage and Davis-Bacon Act compliance is standard for public works painting contracts; many solicitations impose diverse business participation goals (MBE, WBE, SBE, DVBE, VSBE) and apprentice utilization requirements. Insurance minimums (typically $1 million per occurrence for general liability) and bonding (5–10% of bid) are routine. Solicitations frequently specify coating systems by manufacturer and product line (Tnemec, Trane equipment selections), require NSF or SSPC compliance on wetted surfaces, and mandate field inspection by independent coating inspectors.

The geographic spread is concentrated in the Pacific Northwest and Southeast. Washington hosts the densest recent activity, with multiple college and state-agency solicitations; California (Orange County, San Bernardino County, Los Angeles County) shows significant transit-authority and special-district work; Texas (Huntsville, San Antonio) and Georgia (Candler County, DeKalb County, South Georgia State College) round out recent postings. Representative recent opportunities include San Bernardino County's CSA 70 J Recoating of Tanks & Pump Stations Project (sealed bid due July 16, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., mandatory pre-bid June 30, exterior and interior tank and pump-station recoating with SSPC-SP10 blast standard and epoxy–urethane systems, NSF 61 compliance on interior wetted surfaces, and 180-day completion timeline); the City of Huntsville's Autumn Road Half-Million-Gallon Ground Storage Tank Restoration (sealed bid due July 14, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. Central, interior and exterior protective coating replacement with structural repairs and ANSI/NSF Standard 61 potable-water compliance, 90-day contract term, $1,500 per day liquidated damages); Candler County's Courthouse Repairs (sealed proposals due August 10, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., ceiling repairs, water-damage remediation, repainting across multiple interior courthouse areas, fixed pricing for 60 days, minimum $1 million liability insurance); Mt. San Antonio Community College District's Building 26 A, B, C & D Exterior Paint Project (prequalification application deadline July 1, 2026, exterior surface preparation and painting of four connected buildings in Walnut, California, subject to Community Workforce Agreement prevailing wage and 30% local-resident construction labor goal, 3% DVBE participation goal); and the Orange County Transportation Authority's Building Painting Services (sealed bid due June 8, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., interior and exterior painting at 17 OCTA facilities across Orange County, estimated $300,000 over two years, prevailing wage and DBE requirements). Activity shows sustained municipal and state-agency demand for protective-coatings expertise on high-value infrastructure assets, with execution windows typically 90–270 days and insurance and bonding requirements substantially higher than routine commercial painting work.