UNSPSC 56101609: Clay flowerpot

Container with a hole at the bottom for drainage, used to cultivate plants indoor and outdoor.

UNSPSC 56101609 Clay flowerpot is a Commodity code that in state and local procurement activity represents educational supplies and materials procured through cooperative purchasing vehicles, not literal horticultural products. The recent solicitation record shows no state or local agencies actually buying clay flowerpots; instead, the code appears to be a catch-all or misfiled tag within Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative's educational supplies catalog framework. The dominant work pattern under this code is vendor participation in cooperative purchasing agreements where educational service centers and school districts across a region negotiate discounted pricing on broad catalogs of educational activities and supplies. Issuing bodies are primarily Texas education service centers operating cooperative purchasing vehicles that serve multiple school districts simultaneously. The scope of work centers on providing educational materials and supplies on a catalog discount basis, with evaluation driven by discount depth, payment terms, shipping policies, and purchase-order flexibility rather than specific product lines.

Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative in Texas is the repeat and dominant buyer under this code designation, having posted EDACT2628 (due July 30, 2026) with an estimated total expenditure of $40.677 billion over a two-year contract term from August 20, 2026 through August 20, 2028, and a prior EDACT2324 cycle (due August 8, 2023, awarded August 17, 2023) with estimated expenditures of $16,948,799. The cooperative's model attracts substantial vendor participation—141 respondents in the prior cycle—and operates as a standardized catalog discount vehicle open to all vendors without set-aside restrictions. A secondary ITB posted by DeKalb County, Georgia (PE64400NONST2026000000260, due July 13, 2026) for reconstruction of the DeKalb Tennis Center appears unrelated to educational supplies and signals potential code-tagging inconsistency. For business development purposes, pursuit should focus on the Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative cycle and similar Texas education service center cooperative vehicles where the actual buying occurs.