UNSPSC 10218110: Live pincushion orange protea

Live plant including the root ball of the pincushion orange variety of proteas

UNSPSC 10218110 Live pincushion orange protea, a Commodity code, shows minimal alignment between its nominal scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The code name references a specific ornamental plant species, yet the recent opportunities tagged to this code span broad landscaping and environmental restoration work—including site-wide dune planting projects, roadway median and right-of-way landscaping with irrigation, native plant installation and invasive species removal across wetlands and stormwater treatment areas, and generic plant procurement for municipal grounds maintenance. The issuing bodies include county governments (DeKalb County, Pasco County, Collier County, and Pinellas County in Georgia and Florida) and municipal governments (City of Dallas, Texas), with Florida counties dominating the recent activity. The work itself centers on native plant installation, ecological restoration, landscape construction with irrigation infrastructure, and environmental compliance monitoring rather than procurement of pincushion protea specifically.

Recent opportunities include Pasco County's IFB for landscaping and irrigation installation along Ridge Road (C.R. 524) with a response deadline of April 14, 2026; Collier County's Quick Quote solicitation for Pelican Bay Bay Colony Dune Plantings (approximately 56,250 native dune plants across 225,000 square feet) due March 13, 2026; Pinellas County's RFP for environmental planting, monitoring, and maintenance services spanning 2025–2030 with proposal due July 29, 2025; and the City of Dallas's informal solicitation for plants with a response date of February 3, 2026. The code shows significant geographic concentration in Florida, with activity clustered in Pasco, Collier, and Pinellas Counties, plus outlier activity in Georgia and Texas. The recent solicitations indicate that state and local governments are buying landscape and native plant installation, ecosystem restoration, and grounds maintenance services under this code designation, not commodity-level protea supply.