NIGP 947: Forestry Services

NIGP 947 Forestry Services is a Class code capturing state and local procurement of mechanical and chemical vegetation management, timber harvest, fuels reduction, habitat restoration, and specialized tree care across public lands, wildlife areas, conservation properties, and municipal infrastructure. Recent solicitations show state wildlife agencies and forestry departments issuing RFPs and IFBs for mastication, thinning, invasive species removal, and firebreak creation, typically on a per-acre or hourly unit-price basis with firm pricing guarantees and mandatory pre-bid meetings or site visits.

Issuing bodies span state departments of forestry, wildlife, conservation, and natural resources; county and city public works and parks departments; municipal utilities; school districts; town highway departments; fire districts; and special-purpose conservation districts. Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the Oregon Department of Forestry, Missouri Department of Conservation, and Utah Division of Forestry appear repeatedly across multiple recent opportunities. State-level procurement dominates the activity, with Colorado, Oregon, Missouri, and Utah showing the heaviest recent concentration; Massachusetts, Michigan, Kentucky, Florida, and California also show recent activity. Representative opportunities include Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Cherokee State Wildlife Area forest habitat improvement RFP (up to 332 acres, logging and mastication, proposals due September 2, 2026); the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife tree clearing IFB at Southeast Pine Barrens Wildlife Management Area (87–126 acres, firebreak creation, prevailing wage required, bids due November 4, 2026); the Oregon Department of Forestry's pre-commercial thinning (PCT) mastication RFQs west of Sisters on 74 and 26 acres respectively (completion by May 31, 2027); Summit County, Utah's hazardous fuels reduction RFP covering 1,265 acres (thinning, pruning, hand piling, proposals due September 22, 2026); and the Oregon Military Department's Camp Rilea Forest Restoration RFP at 164 acres across four priority areas (September 10, 2026 deadline, prevailing wage required). Scopes typically require contractor-furnished labor, equipment, materials, and supervision; mandatory qualifications include insurance (workers' compensation, general liability $1–2 million per occurrence, automobile liability), state or federal certification or licensing (pesticide applicator, construction contractor board, or forest labor contractor), and demonstrated experience. Payment structures are per-acre, per-hour, or lump-sum on lowest-responsive-and-responsible or best-value evaluation basis, with contract terms running six months to three years. Set-asides and preferences for resident bidders, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, and small disadvantaged businesses are common in Colorado, Utah, and Oregon solicitations.