UNSPSC 10161606: Purple ageratum

Genus of 40 to 60 tropical American herbs, whose fluffy flowers are purple.

UNSPSC 10161606 Purple ageratum is a Commodity code that nominally describes a single ornamental plant species, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it do not reflect purchases of purple ageratum specifically. Instead, the code appears to capture a broader range of landscaping, planting, and environmental restoration work, including native dune plantings, roadside landscaping and irrigation installation, general plant procurement for municipal use, and multi-year environmental management contracts encompassing invasive species removal, native plant installation, and regulatory-compliant monitoring. The issuing bodies span county governments (DeKalb County, Georgia; Pasco County, Florida; Collier County, Florida; Pinellas County, Florida) and municipal governments (City of Dallas, Texas), reflecting typical state and local demand for grounds maintenance, environmental remediation, and capital infrastructure planting associated with parks, rights-of-way, and coastal restoration.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida and Georgia. Representative solicitations include Pasco County's IFB for landscaping and irrigation installation along Ridge Road (C.R. 524), posted March 13, 2026, with bids due April 14, 2026 at $120,000.00; Collier County's informal Quick Quote for Pelican Bay Bay Colony Dune Plantings, posted and closed March 13, 2026, covering approximately 56,250 native plants and coastal dune stabilization; Pinellas County's five-year RFP for Environmental Planting, Monitoring, Reporting and Maintenance Services posted February 26, 2026 with proposals due July 29, 2025 (an apparent dating error in the source); the City of Dallas's Informal Solicitation for plant procurement, posted January 28, 2026, due February 3, 2026; and DeKalb County's ITB for IT and low-voltage infrastructure at the DeKalb Tennis Center, posted June 9, 2026, due July 13, 2026 (which appears unrelated to the code's landscaping and planting scope despite the UNSPSC tag). The mismatch between the code name and the actual work solicited suggests either a cataloging issue or mission creep in how state and local procurement offices assign this commodity code to plant-related procurements broadly.