UNSPSC 70151603: Timber production services

UNSPSC 70151603 Timber production services is a Commodity code under which state and local governments solicit the harvest, removal, and sale of merchantable timber from publicly owned forestland, including pre-commercial thinning, selective thinning, clearcut operations, and associated slash treatment and site restoration. Recent solicitations show active procurement across multiple timber types—slash pine, longleaf pine, loblolly pine, and ponderosa pine—with work ranging from small-acreage enhancement projects to large-volume harvest sales spanning several hundred acres. State and local issuing bodies include water management districts, departments of natural resources, departments of fish and wildlife, county governments, and public universities. Water management districts in Florida (Suwannee River, St. Johns River, Northwest Florida) appear frequently as repeat buyers, along with state forestry agencies in South Dakota, Oregon, and Washington soliciting Good Neighbor Authority timber sales on federal lands under state administration.

The geographic spread spans Florida, South Dakota, Oregon, Washington, South Carolina, and Texas, with the heaviest recent activity in North-Central and North Florida water management districts. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's pre-commercial thinning, brush cutting, and slash treatment ITB for 124 acres near Union Creek (ITB 307-26, bids due November 2, 2026); the Suwannee River Water Management District's 96-acre clearcut slash pine timber sale in Suwannee County (ITB 26/27-004, bids due October 22, 2026); the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources' ponderosa pine harvest on 134 acres under Good Neighbor Authority (Sale 2400-17, bids due November 30, 2026); and the St. Johns River Water Management District's 343.5-acre logger-select thinning timber sale in Volusia County, Florida (bids due August 25, 2026). Contractors must typically hold or employ Master Logger certification, maintain commercial general liability and workers' compensation insurance, and post performance bonds or advance payments. Compensation is structured on per-ton, per-acre, or per-CCF (cord equivalent) bases depending on the sale type.