UNSPSC 70111600: Flowering plants

UNSPSC 70111600 Flowering plants, a Class code, encompasses the supply, planting, and maintenance of ornamental flowering plants and related landscape vegetation that state and local governments procure for parks, municipal facilities, streetscapes, and grounds beautification. Recent solicitations show state and local bodies buying flowering-plant supply and installation (trees, shrubs, perennials, and seasonal color), landscape maintenance inclusive of planting care, and integrated grounds-upkeep services where flowering plantings anchor broader site-management work. The issuing-body mix spans cities of all sizes (Norwalk, Connecticut; Fort Worth, Texas; Sandy Springs, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia), counties (Seminole County, Florida; Fayette County, Georgia; Collier County, Florida), and special-purpose entities such as airport authorities, school districts, and state facility managers. Repeat activity appears centered on municipal parks and recreation departments and county public-works divisions; Texas facilities (prisons, military bases) also appear as repeat buyers of fertilizer-application services. Geographic concentration is heaviest in the Southeast and Texas, with secondary activity in the Upper Midwest and Southwest; recent opportunities posted in Florida, Georgia, Texas, Connecticut, Colorado, Arizona, Michigan, and Oregon represent the widest spread.

Representative recent solicitations include the City of Norwalk, Connecticut (RFP 4524, closing August 4, 2026) for supply and planting of trees and shrubs at multiple municipal sites; the City of Sandy Springs, Georgia (RFQC 26-056, Phase I due July 27, 2026) for citywide landscaping services requiring ISA arborist certification and Class A facility experience; Walton County, Florida (ITB 26-20, due August 6, 2026) for multi-use path and rights-of-way maintenance spanning mowing, tree clearance, and vegetation control on a 7-day growing-season cycle; and the City of Fort Worth, Texas (RFP 260229, due August 6, 2026) establishing a 30 percent small-business participation goal for districtwide alleyway grounds maintenance. Multiple Texas Department of Criminal Justice fertilizer-plus-application bids (IFB IW254773, IW254777, IW254820, IW255702, IW255708, IW255710, and IW251087, all closing July 14–July 30, 2026) signal routine recurring demand for turf and landscape chemical services at institutional facilities. Prevailing wage and Davis-Bacon compliance feature prominently in federal-funding-backed projects; local-preference and small-business set-asides appear in city and county solicitations across Texas, Florida, Georgia, and the West.