UNSPSC 10312200: Fresh cut asters

Fresh cut blooms of asters

UNSPSC 10312200 Fresh cut asters is a Class code that encompasses the procurement of cut floral products and related horticultural supplies by state and local jurisdictions for landscape beautification, facilities management, and operational use. Recent state and local opportunities demonstrate that this code captures two distinct buying patterns: catalog-discount cooperative purchasing of educational and general supplies (which may include seasonal floral products incidentally), and direct procurement of fresh plants and cut flowers for municipal beautification and maintenance projects. The issuing bodies span education service centers and cooperatives serving school districts, county parks and recreation departments, and city procurement offices. Cooperative purchasing vehicles play a significant role in the activity, with Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas administering a multi-year educational supplies agreement valued at $40.677 billion over two years, though the scope is broader than cut flowers alone.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and New Mexico based on recent solicitations. Representative opportunities include Los Alamos County's RFP 2026-076 for design, installation, and maintenance of up to 144 hanging flower baskets for town-site beautification, with proposals due June 4, 2026 and contract award anticipated July 14, 2026 (the County offers local, New Mexico resident, and minority/veteran preferences under New Mexico procurement statute); the City of Dallas's Informal Solicitation 215260 for purchase of plants posted January 28, 2026 with bids due February 3, 2026, requiring FOB delivery and one-year warranty; and Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's EDACT2628 catalog discount bid for educational activities and supplies with proposals due July 30, 2026. The code shows modest but consistent activity across multiple jurisdiction types, though the alignment between the "fresh cut asters" commodity name and the broader horticultural procurement actually being solicited suggests the code may capture general cut-flower and plant procurement rather than asters specifically.