UNSPSC 70151603: Timber production services

UNSPSC 70151603 Timber production services, a Commodity code, encompasses the harvest, thinning, marking, and sale of merchantable timber and forest products from state and local public lands, including softwood and hardwood pulpwood, chip-n-saw, and sawtimber. State and local governments procure timber production through sealed-bid timber sales per ton or lump-sum harvest contracts, silvicultural thinning services, timber marking and cruise operations, and timber management consulting. Water management districts dominate recent activity, along with county governments and specialized state forestry agencies.

The St. Johns River Water Management District (Florida) leads repeat procurements with multiple per-ton timber sales across conservation areas in north-central and northeast Florida counties—Alachua, Clay, Marion, Putnam—typically issuing Invitations for Bids (IFBs) for harvest volumes ranging from 2,400 to 4,360 tons of pine pulpwood and chip-n-saw products on contract terms of 12 months with 50-percent-of-acres completion thresholds within nine months. Lewis County (Washington) solicited sealed bids for surplus timber sales on county right-of-way under IFB with addenda through June 2026. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued a proposal request (Solicitation 696-AG-26-P023) for statewide deforestation, pasture management, and harvest-and-sales operations. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources requested bids on pre-commercial thinning and hand-piling silvicultural services across 648 acres of U.S. Forest Service land in Pend Oreille County under Good Neighbor Authority (estimated contract value $300,000, response due July 31, 2026). The Suwannee River Water Management District (Florida) bid V-blade tree planting services for reforestation of approximately 270,000 longleaf and slash pine seedlings across four tracts in Suwannee and Hamilton Counties (due June 10, 2026). Greenville County (South Carolina) issued two RFPs for timber management consulting services across approximately 1,765 acres of county landfill properties (due March 31 and June 2, 2026, respectively). Boulder County (Colorado) sought proposals for woody biomass processing services for community forestry sort yards (due April 10, 2026). Butts County (Georgia) solicited sealed RFP proposals for timber harvesting on 17 acres of mixed hardwood and pine (due February 27, 2026). Recent opportunities reflect sustained public-land forestry activity across water management districts in Florida, state natural resources departments, and county governments in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest, with response deadlines concentrated from February through July 2026.