UNSPSC 30103608: Wooden poles or telephone poles

Long thin stick of wood, often used standing straight up in the ground to support things such as wiring. Examples include telegraph or electricity poles

UNSPSC 30103608 Wooden poles or telephone poles is a Commodity code covering wooden distribution and transmission poles that state and local governments procure for utility infrastructure installation, replacement, and maintenance. Recent solicitations show state and local electric utilities and municipalities are actively buying wooden poles for distribution system upgrades, right-of-way easement replacements, and joint-use infrastructure projects. The work includes supply of poles (typically Western Red Cedar or Douglas Fir with treatment specifications), installation of distribution poles on energized circuits, removal and replacement of existing poles in secondary easement projects, and pole inventory audits to support asset management. Issuing bodies span electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, and county governments in Florida and Utah, with electric utilities appearing as repeat buyers across multiple solicitations related to pole replacement and vegetation management operations.

Activity concentrates in Florida, where recent opportunities include Glades Electric Cooperative's four-job right-of-way vegetation management and clearance RFP (response due April 23, 2026), Keys Energy Services' 151-pole secondary easement pole replacement RFP (response due October 23, 2026), and Orlando Utilities Commission's joint use and streetlight attachments inventory audit RFP covering approximately 55,000 poles with over 77,000 foreign attachments (response due December 4, 2025). The City of St. George, Utah issued an IFB for wooden poles with delivery required before a specified date in the purchase agreement (bids due July 16, 2026). Geographic spread beyond Florida and Utah is limited in the recent source material. The inventory audit and pole replacement solicitations typically require three to five years of relevant experience, proof of required certifications such as OSHA line clearance tree-trimming or FDOT prequalification in minor bridge construction, comprehensive insurance including general liability and workers' compensation, and performance bonds; most specify fixed or unit-price bidding with evaluation criteria weighting qualifications, past performance, and cost.