UNSPSC 10226048: Live knautia

Live plant including the root ball of knautia flowers

UNSPSC 10226048 Live knautia (Commodity) covers the supply and installation of live plants and horticultural materials for landscape, dune restoration, environmental mitigation, and public facility projects at the state and local level. Recent solicitations show state and local governments purchasing live plants in three distinct contexts: large-scale coastal dune stabilization using native species, comprehensive environmental restoration and wetland mitigation over multi-year contracts, and routine landscape and irrigation installations along public rights-of-way and in parks. Issuing bodies include county governments (DeKalb County, Georgia; Pasco County, Florida; Collier County, Florida; Pinellas County, Florida) and city governments (City of Dallas, Texas), with counties dominating recent activity. Work ranges from supply-only arrangements (Dallas purchasing plants for city facilities) to full design-build installations including site preparation, planting design, irrigation systems, maintenance bonds, and long-term monitoring and reporting. Environmental restoration contracts frequently require specific certifications, such as State Certified Licensed Public Applicator credentials and aquatic herbicide applicator licenses, and mandate compliance with coastal environmental protocols including sea turtle nesting season constraints and stormwater pollution prevention.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida and Texas. Pasco County issued an IFB for landscaping and irrigation installation along Ridge Road (2.95 miles) due April 14, 2026, with a contract price not to exceed $120,000 and a 180-day completion schedule plus 90 calendar days for allowance work. Collier County solicited via Quick Quote for the Pelican Bay Bay Colony Dune Plantings project (approximately 56,250 native dune plants across 225,000 square feet) with a bid deadline of March 13, 2026, following damage from 2024 tropical storms and hurricanes. Pinellas County issued an RFP for Environmental Planting, Monitoring, Reporting and Maintenance Services spanning 2025–2030, covering invasive plant removal, native plant installation, and wetland and stormwater site management, with an SBE work-assignment threshold of $100,000 and proposal deadline of July 29, 2025. The City of Dallas solicited plant purchases via Informal Solicitation 215260 with a February 3, 2026 deadline, requiring all items new and unopened, FOB Dallas, with one-year replacement warranty.