UNSPSC 10151800: Spice crop seeds and seedlings

UNSPSC 10151800 Spice crop seeds and seedlings (Class) appears in state and local procurement records, but recent opportunities show substantial scope misalignment with the code's nominal category. The City of Lubbock, Texas has solicited wheat grass seed and sorghum sudan grass seed via RFQ; Georgia Correctional Industries procured cotton seed via RFQ; and the Commonwealth of Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet solicited soybean seed for a correctional complex farm via RFB. A DeKalb County, Georgia ITB for IT and low-voltage infrastructure at a tennis center carries the same code number but is unrelated to seed procurement. The actual work being bought under this code spans field-crop seeds and grass seeds for agricultural operations, predominantly at correctional-facility farms and municipal grounds maintenance, rather than spice crops as the code name suggests.

State and local issuing bodies pursuing seed procurement under this code include correctional agencies (Georgia Correctional Industries, Kentucky Department of Corrections), cities (Lubbock, Texas), and county-level departments. Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Kentucky. Representative opportunities include the City of Lubbock's March 2026 RFQ for 45,000 pounds of sorghum sudan grass seed with an April 1 quote deadline and April 16 delivery requirement; Georgia Correctional Industries' March 2026 RFQ for cotton seed, awarded to Triangle Chemical Company at $57,994.00; and the Commonwealth of Kentucky's March 2026 RFB for 500-bag lots of three soybean seed varieties for Western Kentucky Correctional Complex Farm, with bid closing March 13, 2026, and a master agreement structure supporting one-year initial and two optional two-year renewal periods. The code shows low recent-activity volume and appears to be a taxonomy mismatch for most of these opportunities.