UNSPSC 11121702: Wood chips

UNSPSC 11121702 Wood chips (Commodity) covers mulch and wood-fiber products that state and local governments procure for landscape maintenance, grounds conditioning, and waste-processing operations. Recent solicitations show the code capturing both supply contracts for finished mulch products (hardwood mulch, pine bark mulch, engineered wood fiber, pine straw) and services involving wood or compost screening and disposal—a scope that brackets both the raw material and the processing steps that turn landscape waste into usable ground cover or feedstock. The issuing bodies are mixed: the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Department for Facilities and Support Services, a school district (Parkway School District, Missouri), cities (Wichita, Tucson, District of Columbia), and a county (DeKalb). Kentucky appears active as a repeat buyer, soliciting a master agreement for mulch supply to state facilities on a standing basis; Tucson's green stormwater infrastructure maintenance program is a longer-term procurement vehicle, though its scope (routine landscape and structure maintenance for GSI assets) extends beyond wood chips alone and may be mistagged to this code.

Geographic activity centers on the Midwest and South: Kentucky, Missouri, and Kansas (Wichita) show recent RFB and ITB postings; Arizona (Tucson) and the District of Columbia round out the sample. The Commonwealth of Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet issued RFB 78526000005651 in April 2026 for mulch supply (6 line items, 7,725 units, best value scoring on price, delivery, and experience, due May 6, 2026), establishing a master agreement through March 31, 2027 with four optional one-year renewals. Parkway School District, Missouri posted Solicitation 2740 in September 2026 for hardwood mulch and engineered wood fiber on a blanket purchase-order basis, with estimated annual spend of approximately $50,000 and no minimum quantity guarantee. The City of Wichita Public Works & Utilities Department solicited mechanical screening of street sweepings and finished compost (Solicitation 260203, August 2026, IFB, 16,000 cubic yards annually) at cost-per-cubic-yard and cost-per-ton pricing, requiring three years' related experience and a one-year term with four optional one-year renewals.