UNSPSC 10301729: Fresh cut message rose

Fresh cut bloom of the message variety of rose

UNSPSC 10301729 Fresh cut message rose is a Commodity code that encompasses flowering plant procurement and horticultural maintenance services solicited by state and local governments. Recent opportunities under this code show governments buying landscape design, installation, and ongoing maintenance of planted garden areas—including the cultivation and seasonal replacement of flowering plants, perennials, and ornamental plantings—rather than cut-flower retail supplies. The work includes site-specific horticulture management, integrated pest management, irrigation system maintenance, and seasonal color refreshes to support public demonstration gardens, municipal beautification programs, and educational facility grounds. Issuing bodies include county governments, school districts, municipal parks departments, and county purchasing cooperatives. Landscape maintenance and horticultural services dominate the recent solicitation activity, with water-efficient planting design and native plant stewardship increasingly specified as baseline requirements.

Recent opportunities span Georgia, Florida, Texas, and New Mexico. Fulton County, Georgia posted ITB 26ITB1652296A-KM on October 16, 2026 for landscape maintenance of the South Fulton Maintenance and Operational Demonstration Garden (responses due November 30, 2026), requiring a Georgia-licensed Landscape Architect on staff and specifying quarterly maintenance of pollinator and rain gardens with selective pruning, mulching, irrigation system management, and seasonal plantings; contract runs through December 31, 2027 with two optional one-year renewals. Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida solicited landscape and irrigation installation, maintenance, and repair services under ITB 26246ITBMST (responses due August 5, 2026), encouraging participation from small business enterprises and certified minority-owned businesses with preferential consideration available. Los Alamos County in New Mexico issued RFP26-55 on May 7, 2026 for design, installation, and maintenance of up to 144 hanging flower baskets for the town site (proposals due June 4, 2026), requiring a valid New Mexico nursery dealer license and weighted evaluation on qualifications and experience (35 points), references (10 points), design and maintenance solution (35 points), and cost (20 points); the contract contemplates multi-year pricing through up to seven years with award estimated July 14, 2026.