UNSPSC 10318110: Fresh cut pincushion orange protea

Fresh cut bloom of the pincushion orange variety of proteas

UNSPSC 10318110 Fresh cut pincushion orange protea, a Commodity code, nominally addresses ornamental flowering plants but shows minimal alignment with state and local procurement activity in recent solicitations. The code's taxonomy name references a specific cultivar of protea, yet the recent opportunities tagged under this code span broad categories of educational supplies, IT infrastructure, hanging flower baskets, and general plant purchases that bear no concrete relationship to fresh cut pincushion orange protea procurement. Issuing bodies in the recent record include a regional purchasing cooperative serving school districts (Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas), a county government (DeKalb County, Georgia), a county Parks and Recreation division (Los Alamos County, New Mexico), and a city procurement bureau (City of Dallas, Texas). The scope mismatch—education supplies and IT systems alongside general ornamental plantings—suggests either systematic miscoding in the opportunities block or that this Commodity code does not reflect the actual goods state and local governments are sourcing under it.

Activity appears scattered across Texas, Georgia, and New Mexico with no meaningful geographic concentration. The most recent clearly relevant opportunity is Los Alamos County's RFP 26-55 for design, installation, and maintenance of up to 144 hanging flower baskets on town streets, due June 4, 2026, which at least addresses ornamental plantings—though not fresh cut pincushion protea specifically. The City of Dallas's Informal Solicitation 215260 for plants (due February 3, 2026) specified new, unopened plants in original packaging with a one-year warranty, and Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's EDACT2628 catalog discount bid for educational supplies, due July 30, 2026, carries an estimated total expenditure of $40.677 billion over two years but does not appear to include florals. The code shows little recent activity aligned to its nominal scope, and the opportunities record does not support pursuit under this specific Commodity classification.