UNSPSC 70151600: Forestry industry

UNSPSC 70151600 Forestry industry (Class) encompasses timber harvesting, forest management consulting, silvicultural treatment, biomass processing, and land-clearing services that state and local governments procure to manage publicly owned timberland, support forest health objectives, generate revenue from timber sales, and address wildfire mitigation. Recent solicitations show counties, state natural resources departments, and wildlife agencies purchasing timber harvesting on surplus right-of-way land, pre-commercial thinning and silvicultural services across thousands of acres, timber management consulting for multi-year stewardship of regulated landfill properties, woody biomass chipping and processing, and forestry mulching for habitat management. Work spans both revenue-generating timber sales and cost-center forest health and mitigation operations. Issuing bodies include county boards of commissioners (Butts County, Georgia; Lewis County, Washington; Greenville County, South Carolina), state natural resources and criminal justice departments (Washington Department of Natural Resources, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state fish and wildlife agencies (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission), and county parks and open-space departments (Boulder County, Colorado). Greenville County appears as a repeat buyer, having issued separate timber management consulting RFPs in February and May 2026 for the same landfill properties.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Western states. Washington State Department of Natural Resources issued a bid for pre-commercial thinning on 648 acres in Pend Oreille County under the Good Neighbor Authority with a $300,000 estimated value and July 31, 2026 closing (IFB 7026). Lewis County, Washington solicited sealed bids for surplus timber sale on county right-of-way off Kray Road with June 25, 2026 opening and an addendum posted June 10, 2026 (Solicitation KRAYRD). Greenville County, South Carolina issued RFP #26105 on May 8, 2026 for timber management consulting services across 1,765 acres of landfill-associated property with June 2, 2026 closing. Butts County, Georgia sought sealed proposals for timber harvesting on 17 acres in Jackson with February 27, 2026 closing (RFP #26-12). Boulder County, Colorado Parks and Open Space Department solicited woody biomass processing proposals with April 10, 2026 closing (RFP26426). Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued statewide deforestation, pasture management, and timber inventory proposals with July 1, 2026 closing (696AG26P023). Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission twice solicited forestry mulching at Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area—initially as a competitive ITB with February 11, 2026 closing at $65,000 estimated value, then withdrew and proceeded as an exceptional purchase under Florida statute after receiving fewer than two responsive bids.