UNSPSC 10161536: Sauce criollo tree

Dioecious deciduous tree of the salicaceae family. It reaches a height of 25 m and its foliage is light green with hanging little branches. It has simple leaves and its fruit is a light brown capsule with many cottony seeds inside.

UNSPSC 10161536 Sauce criollo tree is a Commodity code that nominally identifies a single tree species for procurement. Recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show minimal alignment with the code's nominal scope. Of the nine recent opportunities in the dataset, only three directly involve tree procurement and planting: Harris County's ITB for supply of various trees and related items (due September 28, 2026), the City of Fitchburg's 2026 Fall Tree Planting project covering 66 trees across 17 species including State Street Maple, Serviceberry, and Ginkgo (due August 25, 2026), and the Maryland Environmental Service's RFP for procurement, planting, and maintenance of up to 800 trees in the Baltimore metro area with a 10% MBE goal (due July 16, 2026). The remaining six opportunities in the dataset involve grounds maintenance, wastewater infrastructure rehabilitation, tennis center reconstruction, and palm tree installation—work that falls outside the tree-supply commodity code's scope. State and local tree procurement appears primarily driven by municipalities and counties pursuing urban forestry, landscape restoration, and public grounds enhancement; issuing bodies include Harris County, the City of Fitchburg, Maryland Environmental Service, Hillsborough County, and the Town of Palm Beach.

Recent activity for tree supply and planting spreads across Texas (Harris County, City of Arlington grounds maintenance), Wisconsin (City of Fitchburg), Maryland (Maryland Environmental Service in the Baltimore metro area), and Florida (Hillsborough County and Town of Palm Beach). Representative procurements include Fitchburg's fall tree planting requiring 1.5–1.75 inch caliper trees compliant with ANSI Z60.1-2014, with work commencing September 15, 2026 and completion by November 15, 2026, plus one-year tree maintenance; Hillsborough County's tree replanting of scenic roads across eight roadways totaling approximately 34,984 linear feet, estimated at $742,380.00 for one year with a six-month establishment period and 12-month warranty (ITB due May 26, 2026); and the Town of Palm Beach's ITB for furnishing and installing approximately 11 Royal Palm trees and 5 Green Malayan Coconut Palm trees on Peruvian Avenue with one-year survival warranty (ITB due May 29, 2026). The code sees activity primarily through ITB and RFP notice types across municipal and county procurement offices, though the code's nominal commodity definition aligns poorly with the breadth of landscape and tree-related work being solicited.