UNSPSC 10351611: Fresh cut purple mini or spray carnation

Fresh cut bloom of the purple mini or spray variety of carnations

UNSPSC 10351611 Fresh cut purple mini or spray carnation is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code show minimal direct alignment with fresh-cut floral products. Of five recent opportunities, only one—Los Alamos County's RFP26-55 for hanging flower baskets (due June 4, 2026)—involves horticultural goods and services; the remainder cover landscape maintenance, educational supplies catalog discounts, and IT infrastructure. The Los Alamos solicitation seeks design, installation, and ongoing maintenance of up to 144 hanging baskets distributed across town-center streets, with the contractor supplying all plant material and maintaining plants to specified designs and quality standards. The contractor must hold a valid New Mexico nursery dealer license, deliver and install by May 15 annually, and replace any plants failing within ten days of installation at no cost to the County. The County itself provides baskets, liners, hangers, and irrigation infrastructure.

Geographic activity under this code is sparse and concentrated in the Southwest. Los Alamos County, New Mexico is the only recent issuer explicitly procuring flowering plant products. The hanging baskets RFP was posted May 7, 2026, with a June 4 deadline, weighted evaluation on qualifications (35 points), design and maintenance (35 points), references (10 points), and cost (20 points), and estimated award by July 14, 2026. Los Alamos County applies local and state business preferences under County Code Section 31-261(b) and New Mexico Statute Section 13-1-21, requiring valid preference certificates and a current County Business License for local preference eligibility. The remaining opportunities—Fulton County's ITB for demonstration garden landscape maintenance (Commodity 10351611 appears misapplied), Hillsborough County Public Schools' ITB for landscape and irrigation services, Region 7's cooperative purchasing catalog for educational supplies, and DeKalb County's IT infrastructure reconstruction—do not represent fresh-cut flower procurement activity and suggest the code index may contain classification errors or overlap with broader landscape and horticulture categories.