UNSPSC 10226060: Live nigella damascena or love in the mist

Live plant including the root ball of nigella damascena or love in the mist flowers

UNSPSC 10226060 Live nigella damascena or love in the mist (Commodity) shows minimal alignment between the code's botanical nomenclature and the state and local procurement activity tagged under it. Of three recent opportunities posted under this code, only one involves plant procurement; the third concerns IT infrastructure for a tennis center reconstruction and is plainly unrelated to the code's scope. The single relevant opportunity—the City of Altamonte Springs' ITB 26-085-KY for nursery plants and products—solicits annuals, potted plants, plugs, grass seeds, and trees on an as-needed basis across four product groups, with bidders allowed to propose for one or more groups. The Pasco County median landscape and irrigation construction project (IFBKM27004) centers on landscape design, planting, and irrigation system installation along approximately 9 miles of roadway, though it does not specifically identify nigella damascena in the available details. The tagging inconsistency suggests the code may be misapplied in state and local procurement systems or that jurisdictions use it as a catch-all for general nursery stock rather than a specific ornamental flower variety.

The recent opportunities span Florida (Altamonte Springs and Pasco County) and Georgia (DeKalb County), with bidding deadlines in mid-2026. The City of Altamonte Springs contract, due July 29, 2026, requires vendors to bid percentage discounts off published catalog prices plus a flat delivery fee for four product groups, with contract commencement October 1, 2026 for an initial one-year term renewable for up to four additional years; the Pasco County IFB for Phase II median landscaping closed October 6, 2026. Both opportunities target routine municipal landscape maintenance and capital improvement work rather than procurement of a specific plant species, suggesting the code's use in state and local systems diverges substantially from its UNSPSC definition.