UNSPSC 10217202: Live echinops thistle

Live plant including the root ball of the echinops variety of thistles

UNSPSC 10217202 Live echinops thistle (Commodity) shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned with the code's nominal scope. The recent opportunities tagged under this code — including IT infrastructure reconstruction at a tennis center in DeKalb County, Georgia; landscaping and irrigation installation along Ridge Road in Pasco County, Florida; coastal dune plantings in Collier County, Florida; environmental planting and monitoring services in Pinellas County, Florida; and plant purchases by the City of Dallas — do not center on echinops thistle procurement. The code appears to be a narrow botanical-species designation that does not match the actual work state and local bodies are soliciting under it in current postings.

The recent opportunities identified under this code reflect broader landscaping, restoration, and general plant-procurement activity rather than echinops thistle specifically. Issuing bodies include county boards of commissioners (Pasco, Collier, Pinellas), municipal procurement offices (Dallas), and county departments of innovation and technology (DeKalb). The geographic spread includes Florida (Pasco, Collier, Pinellas), Georgia (DeKalb), and Texas (Dallas). Representative recent solicitations range from a Pasco County IFB for landscaping and irrigation installation on Ridge Road (due April 14, 2026) valued at $120,000 to a Collier County Quick Quote for coastal dune plantings (due March 13, 2026) to a Pinellas County RFP for five-year environmental planting and monitoring services (due July 29, 2025). The code's narrow commodity designation does not appear to reflect procurement patterns in current state and local activity, making it difficult to characterize demand or issuing-body concentration based on recent solicitations.