UNSPSC 70151601: Nonwood production services

UNSPSC 70151601 Nonwood production services (Commodity) encompasses timber harvesting, forest management, silvicultural treatments, and biomass processing operations on public lands. State and local governments use this code to solicit timber sales from right-of-way and surplus inventory, contract for pre-commercial thinning and stand management across forest acreage, engage timber management consultants to oversee harvest planning and sales administration on regulated properties, and procure woody biomass processing to reduce fuel loads and support forest health initiatives. The issuing bodies are primarily county governments (Lewis County, Washington; Greenville County, South Carolina; Boulder County, Colorado; Butts County, Georgia), state resource agencies (Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and special-purpose districts managing landfill and open-space properties. Recent solicitations span sealed bid sales of surplus timber on county rights of way, RFPs for professional timber management consulting on publicly owned tracts, competitive bids for pre-commercial thinning under federal Good Neighbor Authority agreements, and RFPs for biomass grinding and chipping services supporting community forestry programs.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest (Washington), the South (Georgia, South Carolina, Texas), and the Mountain West (Colorado), with activity spanning sealed bids, RFPs, and RFQs. Representative recent opportunities include Lewis County's sealed-bid sale of surplus timber on county right-of-way off Kray Road, Chehalis, Washington (IFB, sealed bids due June 11, 2026, public opening June 25, 2026); the Washington State Department of Natural Resources' pre-commercial thinning and hand-piling contract for approximately 648 acres in Pend Oreille County (IFB, bids due July 31, 2026, estimated contract value $300,000); Greenville County's RFP for timber management consulting on 1,765 acres across multiple landfill sites (RFP #26105, due June 2, 2026); Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department's biomass processing RFP for woody debris grinding and chipping at three locations (RFP #26426, due April 10, 2026); and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's statewide deforestation, pasture management, and timber sales management RFP (solicitation 696-AG-26-P023, due July 1, 2026). Butts County, Georgia also solicited timber harvesting services on 17 acres of mixed hardwood and pine (RFP #26-12, due February 27, 2026).