UNSPSC 70151506: Forest monitoring or evaluation

UNSPSC 70151506 Forest monitoring or evaluation is a Commodity code reflecting work that state and local governments actually buy—though the recent opportunities block shows the code is being applied inconsistently. Recent tagged solicitations span forest carbon project development consulting, tree inventory and management planning, forest mensuration and data collection, timber harvest and pasture operations, and silvicultural thinning services. A smaller set of unrelated opportunities—pest control, bee removal, vegetation clearing, and aerial herbicide application—have been tagged with this forest-monitoring code despite lying outside the scope of forest monitoring or evaluation. The issuers include state forestry and natural resource divisions, counties, cities, regional forest authorities, tribal governments, and special-purpose districts. Marion County, Oregon; Hillsborough County and Clay County, Florida; and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources appear in multiple recent opportunities.

Geographic activity concentrates in Florida, Oregon, Washington, and the Southwest, with secondary activity in the Midwest and Connecticut. Representative opportunities include the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians issuing an RFP (SX0600100017342) for Forest Carbon Credit Project Phase II consulting due July 22, 2026, seeking feasibility assessment and carbon project design for 14,742 acres of tribal forestland; the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department soliciting an RFP (RFP 8600 MLJ3012) for a comprehensive tree inventory across 450,000 trees and 20,582 acres of parkland, due July 14, 2026; the Washington State Department of Natural Resources issuing an IFB (7026) for pre-commercial thinning and silvicultural services on 648 acres of U.S. Forest Service land, due July 31, 2026, at an estimated contract value of $300,000; the State of Utah Division of Purchasing requesting bids (BD2665) for tree plot inventory and stand examination data collection across 997 forest inventory plots, due April 9, 2026; and the California Air Resources Board posting an RFP (25ISD007) for forest mensuration and statistics consulting services due February 24, 2026. The misalignment between the code name and several tagged opportunities suggests procurement offices are using this code for any vegetation-related work; filtering to forest-specific opportunities is advisable.