UNSPSC 10161600: Floral plants

UNSPSC 10161600 Floral plants is a Class code covering the supply, installation, and maintenance of flowering plants and ornamental plantings for government facilities and public spaces. State and local governments buy under this code primarily for landscape maintenance contracts that include seasonal plantings, garden establishment, and ongoing horticultural services—work that spans public parks, demonstration gardens, school campuses, and municipal streetscapes. The issuing bodies soliciting under the code include county governments, school districts, and special-purpose district cooperatives. Fulton County, Georgia and Hillsborough County Public Schools are recent active buyers; Los Alamos County in New Mexico and Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative (a Texas education service center) have posted opportunities as well. Scope varies from ongoing quarterly maintenance of pollinator and rain gardens with native plantings and mulch management to multi-year hanging basket design, supply, and replacement programs on municipal streetscapes, to broader landscape and irrigation services across school facilities.

Recent opportunities show activity concentrated in the Southeast and Southwest. Fulton County posted an ITB on October 16, 2026 (bids due November 30, 2026) for landscape maintenance of the South Fulton Maintenance and Operational Demonstration Garden, requiring a Georgia-licensed Landscape Architect on staff and quarterly maintenance of pollinator and rain gardens through December 31, 2027 with optional renewals. Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida posted an ITB on September 28, 2026 (bids due August 5, 2026) for landscape and irrigation installation, maintenance, and repair services across HCPS facilities, with MBE and small-business preferences available. Los Alamos County, New Mexico conducted an RFP (RFP26-55, due June 4, 2026) for design, installation, and maintenance of up to 144 hanging flower baskets on town streets, requiring a valid New Mexico nursery dealer license and offering local and resident-business preferences under New Mexico statute. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas posted a cooperative purchasing vehicle (EDACT2628, due July 30, 2026) for catalog discount bids on educational activities and supplies, with an estimated expenditure of $40.677 billion over the two-year term—though this opportunity appears tangential to floral plants specifically and may reflect code-tagging variance in the source system.