UNSPSC 10151800: Spice crop seeds and seedlings

UNSPSC 10151800 Spice crop seeds and seedlings, a Class code, encompasses native prairie seed mixes and grass seed products that state and local governments procure for habitat restoration, landscaping, and grounds management. Recent solicitations show state natural-resources departments and municipalities buying multi-species prairie seed mixes with specified germination rates, purity percentages, and seeding rates measured in pounds per acre of pure live seed; vendors price by the pound and ounce and must often hull seed varieties before delivery. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has emerged as a repeat buyer, soliciting multiple prairie seed-mix contracts in rapid succession for public housing authority habitat projects. Contracts typically range from tens of thousands of dollars and include standard insurance, prevailing-wage, and subcontractor-approval requirements; the State retains ownership of all work product and invoicing follows the State Prompt Payment Act.

Recent activity concentrates in Illinois, where the Department of Natural Resources posted three prairie seed-mix RFPs for Purdueville and Sibley habitat areas in early October 2026 (all due October 8, 2026), with the Sibley contract valued at $43,399. A separate municipal opportunity appeared in Texas, where the City of Lubbock issued RFQs in July 2026 for Jose Wheat Grass Seed and Beardless Wheat Seed VNS (due July 16, 2026), though the source provides minimal specification detail for those purchases. One unrelated solicitation—DeKalb County's reconstruction of the DeKalb Tennis Center involving IT and low-voltage infrastructure—was incorrectly tagged to this code and does not reflect actual procurement activity under the spice and grass seed classification.