UNSPSC 10316300: Fresh cut banksias

Fresh cut blooms including the root ball of banksias

UNSPSC 10316300 Fresh cut banksias is a Class code that encompasses ornamental and horticultural plant materials for landscaping, civic beautification, and facility maintenance—not the narrow botanical category the code name suggests. State and local governments buying under this code are acquiring fresh flowers, hanging baskets, plantings, and related landscape vegetation for public parks, streetscapes, and civic properties. The issuing bodies span education service centers operating cooperative purchasing vehicles, county parks and recreation divisions, and city procurement offices. Recent solicitations show that state and local buyers are ordering both bulk plant material for seasonal installations and ongoing maintenance contracts for landscape beautification tied to specific civic assets.

Geographic activity centers on Texas and the Southwest. Los Alamos County, New Mexico issued an RFP for design, installation, and maintenance of hanging flower baskets with a pre-proposal conference on May 13, 2026 and proposals due June 4, 2026, requiring contractor nursery dealer licensure and multi-year pricing through seven years. The City of Dallas, Texas posted an Informal Solicitation for the purchase of plants with bids due February 3, 2026, requiring new merchandise in original packaging, FOB delivery to a Dallas facility, and a one-year warranty. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative, a Texas education service center, solicited catalog discount bids on educational activities and supplies under a cooperative vehicle (EDACT2628) with proposals due July 30, 2026, offering estimated expenditures of $40.677 billion over two years and indicating 136 previous awards on the cooperative agreement. One posted opportunity—DeKalb County's ITB for IT and low-voltage infrastructure reconstruction at a tennis center—appears unrelated to fresh florals or landscaping plants and likely represents a coding mismatch in the source data.