UNSPSC 10302457: Fresh cut red jewel rose

Fresh cut bloom of the red jewel variety of rose

UNSPSC 10302457 Fresh cut red jewel rose (Commodity) does not reflect the actual scope of work in recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code. The five most recent opportunities involve landscape maintenance and irrigation services, educational supplies, and IT infrastructure — none of which center on fresh-cut roses or floral commodity procurement as the code name suggests. Fulton County's South Fulton Maintenance & Operational Demonstration Garden ITB solicits quarterly maintenance of pollinator and rain gardens, including selective pruning, weeding, mulch application, irrigation system management, and interpretive habitat installations. Los Alamos County's Hanging Flower Baskets RFP seeks multi-year design, installation, and ongoing maintenance of up to 144 hanging baskets across town streets, requiring a New Mexico nursery dealer license and compliance with specified plant-care standards. Hillsborough County Public Schools' landscape and irrigation ITB covers installation, maintenance, and repair services across school facilities. These solicitations represent work scopes far broader than fresh-cut flower procurement and suggest either a systematic coding mismatch or that the code is applied inconsistently within state and local procurement systems.

The issuing bodies include Georgia and Florida counties, a Florida school district, a Texas education cooperative, and a New Mexico county — reflecting diverse jurisdictional buyers (municipalities, counties, school districts, special-purpose cooperatives). Geographic activity spans Georgia, Florida, Texas, and New Mexico. With only one opportunity (Los Alamos County's RFP26-55 for hanging flower baskets, due June 4, 2026) bearing any reasonable connection to ornamental plants or florals, and the remainder involving landscape operations, irrigation infrastructure, educational supplies, and IT systems, the code shows little relevant recent activity in the fresh-cut rose category. Firms pursuing fresh-cut flower sales to state and local agencies should verify that purchasing entities are using this code correctly before investing in pre-bid preparation; the mismatch suggests that buyers may be using higher-level or alternative codes for actual floral goods procurement.