UNSPSC 11121708: Wood flour

UNSPSC 11121708 Wood flour, a Commodity code, captures industrial wood processing and grinding services that state and local governments purchase to convert bulk wood waste into usable mulch and ground wood products. Recent solicitations show that the code's scope extends beyond the nominal product name to encompass the grinding, milling, and processing operations themselves rather than finished wood flour as a resalable commodity. State and local issuing bodies procuring under this code include cities and municipalities operating waste-management and landscaping facilities. The City of Urbana, Illinois represents a typical buyer in this space, seeking specialized grinding services to process accumulated bulk wood at municipal recycling centers.

The most recent activity centers on the Midwest. The City of Urbana, Illinois issued an Invitation to Bid (ITB #FY2026ITB180) on March 5, 2026 for bulk wood grinding services at its Landscape Recycling Center, calling for approximately 10,000 cubic yards of wood to be ground into mulch with responses due by March 24, 2026. Work must complete within 45 days of the scheduled start date, with all equipment, labor, and fuel provided by the vendor; the city supplies site operators and retains the finished material. A non-mandatory pre-submittal meeting and site inspection was scheduled for March 11, 2026. Illinois prevailing wage requirements, veterans preference, and performance bonds equal to 100 percent of contract price apply. A separate Request for Proposals (Sourcewell #061626) issued May 12, 2026 by Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government unit and cooperative, targets law enforcement equipment but appears unrelated to wood processing activities, suggesting minimal relevant recent activity under the code outside the Urbana opportunity.