UNSPSC 10241609: Live pink mini or spray carnation

Live plant including the root ball of the pink mini or spray variety of carnations

UNSPSC 10241609 Live pink mini or spray carnation is a Commodity code that nominally identifies a single product line within floriculture, yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show little alignment with the purchase of cut carnations themselves. Instead, the opportunities demonstrate that this code is being applied to broader landscape and horticultural procurement — specifically landscaping plant and product sourcing for municipal grounds maintenance, median beautification, and grounds construction. The actual buying activity encompasses annuals, potted plants, plugs, grass seeds, trees, and related nursery materials purchased on as-needed bases by municipal and county grounds departments rather than procurement of harvested or commercially packaged carnation flowers. The issuing bodies are primarily cities and counties managing public landscape infrastructure and grounds maintenance, such as the City of Altamonte Springs and Pasco County Board of County Commissioners in Florida.

Recent activity is concentrated in Florida, with two of the three opportunities posted in August and September 2026. The City of Altamonte Springs issued ITB 26085KY on August 24, 2026 (due July 29, 2026) for nursery plants and products on an as-needed, when-needed basis across four product groups — plugs, trees, 3-gallon plants, and grass seed — with a contract term commencing October 1, 2026 for one year with four optional one-year renewals. Pasco County Board of County Commissioners posted IFBKM27004 on September 2, 2026 (due October 6, 2026) for landscape and irrigation construction including planting along approximately 9 miles of Little Road medians. A third opportunity — DeKalb County's reconstruction of the DeKalb Tennis Center — appears miscoded under this commodity and concerns IT and low-voltage infrastructure rather than plant material. The code shows recent traction in municipal grounds and parks management in Florida but no broader geographic spread evident in the current opportunity set.