UNSPSC 10214902: Live bearded blue iris

Live plant including the root ball of the bearded blue variety of irises

UNSPSC 10214902 Live bearded blue iris is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment between its nominal scope and the work state and local governments are actually soliciting under it. The recent opportunities tagged to this code cover broad landscaping and environmental planting work — dune restoration, roadside irrigation and median plantings, invasive species removal paired with native plant installation at wetlands and stormwater sites, and generic plant procurement for municipal facilities — none of which specifies bearded blue iris or ornamental iris plantings as a category or requirement. The issuing bodies include county commissions (DeKalb County, Georgia; Pasco County, Florida; Collier County, Florida; Pinellas County, Florida) and municipalities (City of Dallas, Texas), spanning both large infrastructure projects and routine facility-level plant purchases. The scope of actual work ranges from coastal dune stabilization using native species following hurricane damage, to roadway landscaping and irrigation system installation under design specifications, to multi-year environmental management contracts covering invasive removal and native restoration at wetlands and stormwater ponds, to transactional plant procurement with FOB delivery terms.

The geographic concentration is in Florida — three of five recent opportunities — with secondary activity in Georgia and Texas. Representative recent solicitations include Pasco County's IFB KM-26-047 for landscape and irrigation installation along Ridge Road (2.95 miles, 180-day completion, $120,000 not-to-exceed, responses due April 14, 2026), Collier County's Quick Quote procurement for Pelican Bay Bay Colony dune plantings following 2024 hurricane damage (approximately 56,250 native dune plants, responses due March 13, 2026), Pinellas County's RFP 250628RFP for five-year environmental planting and maintenance services at wetlands and stormwater sites (responses due July 29, 2025), and the City of Dallas's Informal Solicitation 215260 for plant purchase with one-year warranty (responses due February 3, 2026). The code does not appear to function as a meaningful procurement category for bearded blue iris specifically and likely reflects a tagging mismatch with the actual environmental and landscape planting work being solicited.