UNSPSC 10226014: Live centaurea or marco polo

Live plant including the root ball of centaurea or marco polo flowers

UNSPSC 10226014 Live centaurea or marco polo is a Commodity code that bears little relevance to the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it. The code nominally describes ornamental plants within a narrow botanical family, but the recent solicitations show no purchases of centaurea or marco polo specimens; instead, state and local governments are procuring comprehensive landscape installation, coastal dune restoration, environmental planting and maintenance, and general plant materials through this code's classification. The actual buying pattern spans native plant species installation (sea oats, railroad vine, sea purslane, dune sunflower), invasive species removal, irrigation system design and installation, and multi-year environmental monitoring and ecological restoration services. Issuing bodies include county governments (DeKalb County, Georgia; Pasco County, Florida; Collier County, Florida; Pinellas County, Florida) and a major city (Dallas, Texas), with counties dominating recent activity—particularly Florida jurisdictions focused on coastal and wetland habitat projects.

Recent opportunities show activity concentrated in Florida and Georgia. DeKalb County, Georgia issued ITB 2026-076 in June 2026 for IT and low-voltage infrastructure reconstruction at a tennis center (due July 13, 2026), a procurement misaligned with the code's nominal scope. Pasco County issued IFB KM-26-047 in March 2026 for landscaping and irrigation installation along Ridge Road over 2.95 miles, including tree, shrub, palm, and groundcover installation at $120,000 maximum contract value (due April 14, 2026). Collier County solicited dune planting services via Quick Quote in March 2026 for supply and installation of 56,250 native dune plants across 225,000 square feet following 2024 hurricane damage (due March 13, 2026). Pinellas County released an RFP in February 2026 for five-year environmental planting, invasive species removal, native plant installation, and monitoring and reporting services across multiple mitigation and wetland sites (due July 29, 2025, noted as historical). The City of Dallas issued an informal solicitation in January 2026 for plant purchase with delivery to Dallas (due February 3, 2026). The code classification appears to be a data-entry misalignment; substantive activity lies in landscape construction and environmental restoration services rather than ornamental plant species procurement.