UNSPSC 10151613: Quinoa seeds or seedlings

Small seed of the plant from chenopodium family

UNSPSC 10151613 Quinoa seeds or seedlings is a Commodity code that in recent state and local activity covers native prairie seed mixes and grass seeds for habitat restoration and municipal landscaping rather than quinoa itself. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has posted three related solicitations in October 2026 for prairie seed mixes containing 27 specified native species—warm-season grasses such as Canada wildrye, Little Bluestem, and Virginia wildrye, along with forbs and wildflowers including milkweed, coneflowers, and blazingstar—for public housing authority properties and prairie habitat restoration projects across Illinois. The City of Lubbock, Texas, also solicited Jose Wheat Grass Seed and Beardless Wheat Seed in July 2026. State and local buyers under this code are primarily state environmental and natural resource departments and municipal governments. Illinois Department of Natural Resources appears as a repeat issuer, with three separate seed-mix solicitations for different sites and counties in early October 2026, suggesting coordinated habitat restoration or grounds management across multiple public housing authority properties.

Illinois and Texas dominate recent activity under the code. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources issued three RFP-style solicitations posted October 1, 2026, with an October 8 response deadline: DNR Prairie Seed Mix for Purdueville PHA in Ford County (Solicitation 27422DNRRESCOB54352), DNR Prairie Seed Mix for Purdueville PHA in Champaign County (Solicitation 27422DNRRESCOB54349), and DNR Prairie Seed Mix for Sibley PHA (Solicitation 27422DNRRESCOB54344), with the Sibley contract estimated at $43,399. The City of Lubbock issued RFQs for Jose Wheat Grass Seed and Beardless Wheat Seed VNS (Solicitations QQ2519764SR and QQ2519763SR) posted July 2, 2026, due July 16. Illinois state contracts incorporate prevailing wage requirements, $1 million per occurrence / $2 million annual aggregate general liability insurance, three-year record retention (five years if federal funds are involved), and state ownership of all work product. One unrelated construction solicitation—DeKalb County's ITB for tennis center IT infrastructure—appears mistagged under the seed code and should be disregarded.