NIGP 54079: Wood and Lumber Products, Scrap or Waste

NIGP 54079 Wood and Lumber Products, Scrap or Waste (Item) covers tree debris, yard waste, and processed wood materials that state and local governments remove from public rights-of-way, parks, and municipal facilities and transport to approved disposal or composting sites. Recent solicitations show city and county governments actively procuring transportation and disposal of brush, logs, stumps, leaves, and mixed wood debris on per-ton or per-load bases under multi-year contracts, alongside hazardous waste removal services that include wood waste streams as secondary components of broader environmental remediation work. Issuing bodies include city departments of public works (Norwalk, Connecticut; Plant City, Florida), county environmental services agencies, and state transportation departments (Caltrans in California), with competitive sealed bidding and RFP structures predominating. The code captures both routine seasonal curbside yard waste collection logistics and specialized debris removal following storm events or infrastructure projects, with contracts typically running two to four years and incorporating prevailing wage, bonding, insurance, and local preference provisions where applicable.

Recent activity concentrates in California, Florida, Maryland, and Connecticut. The City of Norwalk issued an RFP (4507, due April 14, 2026) for transportation and disposal of approximately 1,800–2,500 tons of brush, 4,000–5,000 tons of leaves, and 800–1,800 tons of logs and stumps annually to CTDEEP-permitted composting facilities over a four-year base contract term. The City of Plant City, Florida (Solicitation 26009SSCSIFB, due March 12, 2026) sought tree debris disposal on a per-ton basis for clean log wood (400 tons), clean brush (250 tons), and mixed loads (250 tons) with an estimated facility within 10 miles of City Hall, with a local preference allowance up to 1 percent for qualifying in-city bidders. The Maryland Environmental Service (Solicitation 1265265, due May 7, 2026) included treated wood waste as part of a multi-category hazardous and non-hazardous waste transportation and disposal contract for two facilities in Baltimore City. Contracts under this code typically require three years of documented experience, valid state waste transportation licensing, equipment and facility capacity certifications, comprehensive liability and workers' compensation insurance, and compliance with composting facility permitting standards where applicable.