UNSPSC 10362105: Fresh cut intuwong dendrobium orchid

Fresh cut bloom of the intuwong variety of dendrobium orchids

UNSPSC 10362105 Fresh cut intuwong dendrobium orchid is a Commodity code that nominally names a single ornamental plant product, but recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show little activity directly aligned with the code's specific scope. Of four recent opportunities in the source, only one—Los Alamos County's RFP for hanging flower baskets—involves ornamental plant procurement and maintenance; the others span educational supplies cooperative purchasing (Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative, Texas), IT infrastructure reconstruction (DeKalb County, Georgia), and general plant purchases (City of Dallas, Texas). The Los Alamos County opportunity is the most directly relevant: a multi-year design, installation, and maintenance contract for up to 144 hanging flower baskets distributed across town-site streets, with proposals due June 4, 2026. Issuing bodies using this code include education service centers, county government, and city departments, though the geographic and functional spread suggests the code may be misapplied to broader horticultural and plant-procurement categories rather than used consistently for dendrobium orchid purchases specifically.

The source shows procurement activity concentrated in Texas, Georgia, and New Mexico. The Los Alamos County RFP (due June 4, 2026) is the strongest signal for ornamental plant work under this code: it requires a valid New Mexico nursery dealer license, emphasizes design and maintenance qualifications (35 points), and offers local and New Mexico resident business preferences under state statute. The City of Dallas informal solicitation for general plant purchases (due February 3, 2026) offers a secondary signal, though the source does not specify plant types or quantities. The Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative opportunity spans $40.677 billion estimated expenditures over two years but is tagged as educational activities and supplies, not horticultural procurement. The code's recent posting activity and the mismatch between its nominal scope and actual solicitation content suggest either inconsistent tagging by issuing bodies or use of this commodity code as a catch-all for plant and landscape services—a pattern worth confirming before allocating pursuit resources.