UNSPSC 10302861: Fresh cut rubicon spray rose

Fresh cut bloom of the rubicon spray variety of rose

UNSPSC 10302861 Fresh cut rubicon spray rose is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under it show minimal direct alignment with fresh-cut floral inventory or procurement. The code shows little relevant recent activity — of five opportunities tagged to this code in the past five months, only one involves horticultural materials, while the others span landscape maintenance services, IT infrastructure, educational supplies catalogs, and irrigation installation across facility grounds.

The single opportunity with landscape plant content is Los Alamos County's RFP26-55 for hanging flower baskets and multi-year maintenance services, posted May 7, 2026 with proposals due June 4, 2026. That solicitation calls for design, installation, and maintenance of up to 144 hanging baskets across town-site streets, with the contractor responsible for supplying plant material and maintaining plants to specified standards; the contractor must hold a New Mexico nursery dealer license. Evaluation weights qualifications and experience at 35 percent, design and maintenance solution at 35 percent, references at 10 percent, and cost proposal at 20 percent. The contract term contemplates up to seven years with pricing required for each potential year. Offerors may claim Local Business, New Mexico Resident Business, Native American Resident Business, or Resident Veteran Business preferences under County Code Section 31-261(b) and NMSA 1978 Section 13-1-21 when submitting valid state-issued preference certificates. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (fresh-cut rubicon spray roses as packaged florals) and the solicitations actually posted suggests this code may be incorrectly applied by posting agencies or that state and local demand for fresh-cut specialty roses through formal procurement is not currently generating RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB activity.