UNSPSC 10152058: Rubber tree seed or cutting

Seed or cutting of the rubber tree which is a tree of the family Euphorbiaceae or Hevea brasiliensis measuring 20-30 meters or more in height. Rubber is manufactured from its latex which is white or yellow and abundant until 25 years of age of the tree.

UNSPSC 10152058 Rubber tree seed or cutting is a Commodity code that maps poorly to actual state and local procurement activity. The recent solicitations tagged under this code involve landscape installation, tree planting, and grounds maintenance services — not the supply of rubber tree propagation material. Jurisdictions posting under the code include cities, counties, and special-purpose districts across Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, and Texas, though the mismatch between the code's nominal scope (rubber tree seed or cutting) and the solicitations themselves (street tree planting, airport grounds maintenance, roadway median landscaping, hazardous tree removal, and plant material purchasing for municipal beautification) suggests either widespread misclassification or an unusually broad interpretation of the code that does not align with its literal definition.

The solicitations include the City of Jackson, Michigan requesting bids to furnish, deliver, plant, maintain, and guarantee approximately 200 street trees across 15 species under an RFP due July 14, 2026, with USDA funding and prevailing wage compliance; Hillsborough County, Florida seeking tree replanting and landscape maintenance along scenic roads (ITB-26-00257 due May 26, 2026, estimated at $742,380.00); Collier County, Florida requesting plants, trees, and shrubs for the Pelican Bay Services Division (ITB 26-8667 due July 8, 2026, with historical annual spend around $300,000); the City of Charlotte, North Carolina issuing an RFP for landscape and tree planting services across multiple programs (due July 23, 2026); and the Maryland Environmental Service seeking tree procurement, planting, and maintenance services for up to 800 trees in the Baltimore metro area (RFP due July 16, 2026, with an MBE goal of 10 percent). The code does not currently represent a meaningful procurement category in state and local government; business development professionals should verify the correct UNSPSC classification before pursuing opportunities in this taxonomy tier.