UNSPSC 10318315: Fresh cut leucospermum patersonii

Fresh cut blooms of the patersonii variety of leucospermums

UNSPSC 10318315 Fresh cut leucospermum patersonii is a Commodity code representing ornamental flowering plant material, specifically protea species, that state and local governments procure for landscaping, public beautification, and horticultural projects. The recent opportunities under this code reveal a gap between the code's nominal scope—a single cut-flower cultivar—and what state and local purchasing offices actually tag with it. Three of four recent opportunities involve broader plant procurement or facility reconstruction unrelated to leucospermum patersonii specifically: Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative (a Texas education service center) solicited educational activities and supplies under a $40.677 billion catalog discount bid; DeKalb County in Georgia requested bids for IT and low-voltage infrastructure at a tennis center; and the City of Dallas issued an informal solicitation for general plants with no mention of protea species. Only Los Alamos County's RFP for hanging flower baskets—design, installation, and maintenance of up to 144 baskets on Central Avenue and surrounding streets, with contractor providing plant material and holding a valid nursery dealer license—represents work that could plausibly intersect with cut-flower supply, though the solicitation does not specify protea cultivars.

The code shows minimal recent activity specifically aligned to leucospermum patersonii sourcing. Los Alamos County's hanging-baskets RFP, with proposals due June 4, 2026 and contract award estimated July 14, 2026, is the sole recent opportunity where ornamental flowering plant supply is central to the scope; Los Alamos County offers local-business, New Mexico resident-business, Native American resident-business, and resident-veteran preferences under County Code Section 31-261(b) and NMSA 1978 Section 13-1-21. The City of Dallas plant-purchase informal solicitation (due February 3, 2026) and the Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's educational-supplies catalog bid (due July 30, 2026) were tagged under this code but do not specify protea or leucospermum material. Geographic activity is scattered across Texas, Georgia, and New Mexico with no clear concentration. The code shows low recent relevance to pure leucospermum patersonii procurement; vendors in ornamental horticulture and cut-flower supply should monitor hanging-basket and public-landscaping solicitations more closely than this commodity code's apparent tagging accuracy would suggest.