UNSPSC 10312203: Fresh cut japanese green aster

Fresh cut bloom of the japanese green variety of asters

UNSPSC 10312203 Fresh cut Japanese green aster is a Commodity code that nominally specifies a single ornamental plant species; however, recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show minimal alignment with the specific commodity. The most substantive recent activity involves broader floral and horticultural procurement, including hanging flower baskets, general plant materials, and ornamental landscaping services. Los Alamos County, New Mexico solicited design, installation, and maintenance of up to 144 hanging flower baskets under RFP26-55 due June 4, 2026, requiring the contractor to hold a New Mexico nursery dealer license and supply all plant material according to specified designs. The City of Dallas issued an Informal Solicitation for the purchase of plants (IFS 215260) due February 3, 2026, requiring new, unopened items in original packaging delivered FOB to a Dallas facility. A Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative catalog discount bid (EDACT2628) for educational activities and supplies, due July 30, 2026, reported $40.677 billion in estimated expenditures over two years but appears tangential to fresh-cut flowers—the scope description emphasizes general educational products rather than the Commodity's nominal specification.

The issuing bodies reflect a mix of municipal parks and recreation departments, city purchasing offices, and cooperative purchasing vehicles serving school districts. Los Alamos County's RFP included local and New Mexico resident business preferences under County Code Section 31-261(b) and NMSA 1978 Section 13-1-21. Recent activity concentrates in the Southwest and South (New Mexico, Texas, Georgia), though the volume and frequency of procurement specifically targeting fresh-cut Japanese green aster—the Commodity's precise scope—do not emerge from the available opportunities. The code shows little relevant recent activity focused on the stated commodity itself; the opportunities record suggest state and local buyers are tagging horticultural and floral services under a narrower code than their actual procurement scope warrants.