UNSPSC 10151703: Alfalfa seeds or seedlings

UNSPSC 10151703 Alfalfa seeds or seedlings is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement covers native prairie seed mixes and specialty grass seed for habitat restoration, public housing areas, and landscape projects. State and local buyers under this code include state natural-resource departments and municipal utilities and parks departments. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has issued multiple RFQs for native prairie seed mixes, with detailed species composition, seeding rates in pounds per acre of pure live seed, and quality specifications including germination rates and purity percentages. Contracts typically require $1 million per occurrence general commercial liability insurance, prevailing wage compliance where applicable, three-year record retention (five years if federal funds are used), and state ownership of all work product.

Recent activity centers in Illinois and Texas. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources posted three RFQs on October 1, 2026 (all with an October 8, 2026 response date) for prairie seed mixes at Purdueville Public Housing Authority locations in Ford County and Champaign County and at the Sibley Prairie Habitat Area; the Sibley project carried an estimated contract value of $43,399. The City of Lubbock, Texas posted two RFQs on July 2, 2026 (due July 16, 2026) for Jose Wheat Grass Seed and Beardless Wheat Seed VNS with minimal specification detail in the source. One opportunity in the dataset—DeKalb County's Tennis Center reconstruction—is unrelated to seed procurement and represents a data-tagging mismatch.