UNSPSC 10218312: Live leucospermum innovans

Live plant including the root ball of the innovans variety of leucospermums

UNSPSC 10218312 Live leucospermum innovans is a Commodity code that names a single ornamental plant species — protea leucospermum innovans — but the recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code reveal a much broader scope of landscape and environmental planting work. State and local governments are not sourcing this species in isolation; instead, they are procuring comprehensive native plant installation, dune restoration, landscape establishment, and ecosystem management services that bundle plant supply, installation, labor, and multi-year maintenance. The issuing bodies include county environmental departments (Collier County, Pinellas County, Pasco County), municipal public works and parks departments (City of Dallas, DeKalb County), and special-purpose facilities (DeKalb Tennis Center reconstruction). The code is being used as a catch-all tag for mixed landscape and environmental procurement rather than for a single species.

Recent activity spans Florida, Georgia, and Texas. Pasco County (Florida) issued an IFB in March 2026 for landscaping and irrigation installation along Ridge Road, including trees, shrubs, palms, and groundcover species with a contract not-to-exceed of $120,000 and a response deadline of April 14, 2026. Collier County (Florida) posted a Quick Quote for the Pelican Bay Bay Colony Dune Plantings project in March 2026, sourcing approximately 56,250 native dune plants (sea oats, railroad vine, sea purslane, dune sunflower) for coastal dune stabilization with a March 13, 2026 deadline. Pinellas County (Florida) released an RFP in February 2026 for five-year environmental planting, monitoring, and maintenance services across multiple sites including wetlands and stormwater ponds, with a July 29, 2025 response deadline. The City of Dallas posted an Informal Solicitation in January 2026 for plant purchases with a February 3, 2026 deadline. The mismatch between the code's narrow botanical name and the diverse scope of actual procurement suggests this code is being misapplied to landscape services more broadly, making the actual market less focused on a single species than the UNSPSC taxonomy implies.