NIGP 94756: Logging Services

NIGP 94756 Logging Services is an Item code under which state and local governments procure timber harvesting, sale, and land-lease arrangements involving merchantable timber removal and forestry management on county or municipal property. Recent activity shows county governments soliciting sealed bids for selective pine timber harvesting on small county-owned parcels, surplus timber sales from right-of-way corridors, and land leases on county forest tracts that explicitly invite timber recovery operations as productive use. Work typically involves felling and removal of merchantable timber while minimizing collateral damage to retained hardwoods, site cleanup, and compliance with state forestry regulations and county permitting. Bidders are routinely expected to offset service costs through the recovered timber value, positioning these as revenue-neutral or revenue-generating engagements rather than straightforward service purchases. Insurance requirements are standard: general liability, workers' compensation, and commercial auto coverage. Issuing bodies include county boards and county purchasing departments; school districts and state forestry agencies do not appear in recent postings.

Recent solicitations cluster in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest. Putnam County Board of Commissioners (Georgia) posted an IFB in August 2026 for harvesting of merchantable pine timber from a 0.509-acre tract behind the Crooked Creek Fire Station in Eatonton, Georgia, with bids due August 20, 2026, and a 120-calendar-day performance window; Fayette County, Georgia posted an ITB in July 2026 for a land lease of 22 heavily wooded acres near Fayetteville explicitly inviting timber recovery, grinding, and recycling operations, with bids due August 6, 2026. Lewis County, Washington posted an IFB in July 2026 for the sale of surplus timber on county right-of-way off Kray Road in Chehalis, with an addendum issued June 10, 2026, and bids originally due June 11, 2026. All three solicitations encouraged or affirmed nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for disadvantaged business enterprises.