UNSPSC 73181104: Painting services

UNSPSC 73181104 Painting services, a Commodity code, encompasses interior and exterior painting, surface preparation, coating application, and associated finishing work on buildings and infrastructure across state and local public facilities. State and local governments solicit under this code for routine maintenance painting, facility renovation and restoration projects, industrial coating work on tanks and storage structures, and specialized applications requiring compliance with prevailing wage, bond, and insurance requirements. Recent opportunities span community colleges, county courthouse restorations, water utility tank recoating, transit authority building maintenance, and state agency facility improvements, with issuing bodies including Washington community colleges (Skagit Valley, Edmonds, Columbia Basin, Shoreline, Yakima Valley, Whatcom, Bellingham), state departments of enterprise services and social and health services, county governments (Candler County Georgia, San Bernardino County, Orange County Florida), cities (Long Beach, Huntsville Texas, Louisville), Florida water authorities, and Texas state health services facilities.

Recent activity concentrates in Washington and California, with scattered opportunities in Georgia, Florida, Texas, and Wisconsin. Representative current solicitations include Portage County, Wisconsin's bid for Courthouse Renovation Phase 1 Family Courts trade packages including Painting and Taping (due July 23, 2026); Mt. San Antonio Community College District's prequalification for Building 26 Exterior Paint Project in Walnut, California with Community Workforce Agreement and prevailing wage requirements, minimum $2 million liability insurance, and 3% DVBE participation goal (due July 1, 2026—note: prequalification deadline has passed); Orange County Transportation Authority's IFB 250327 for building painting services across 17 facilities statewide with estimated contract value of $300,000 over two years, Davis-Bacon prevailing wage, and DBE participation (due June 8, 2026—deadline passed); Candler County, Georgia's sealed proposal for Courthouse Repairs including ceiling repairs, water damage remediation, and repainting across multiple interior areas with itemized pricing and $1 million liability insurance minimum (due August 10, 2026); Sarasota County's IFB 262870MKM for interior and exterior painting services on an as-needed basis at county facilities, initial three-year term (due July 15, 2026); and City of Huntsville, Texas Bid NO. 26-28 for half-million-gallon water storage tank restoration and recoating with abrasive blast cleaning, three-coat epoxy/urethane systems, structural repairs, and NSF Standard 61 potable water compliance, mandatory site visit June 24, $1,500 per diem liquidated damages (due July 14, 2026). Most opportunities are competitive sealed bids with mandatory pre-bid meetings, site visits, and insurance and licensing verification.