UNSPSC 70151801: Conservation of forest genetic resources

UNSPSC 70151801 Conservation of forest genetic resources is a Commodity code under which state and local governments procure labor-intensive silvicultural work, habitat restoration, and invasive species management on public and private forestland. The work ranges from pre-commercial thinning and hand-piling of small-diameter trees to juniper removal, prescribed fire, herbicide application for noxious weed and invasive plant control, native vegetation establishment, and tree planting with multi-year survival monitoring. State and local issuing bodies include state departments of natural resources and forestry, county boards and commissions, city public works and general services departments, county fire districts, forest preserve districts, and regional agencies such as the Oregon Military Department. Recent solicitations show repeat activity from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Oregon Department of Forestry, Colorado counties, and Illinois state and county agencies. Work is typically funded through federal grants (USDA Forest Service Inflation Reduction Act, RESTORE Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Good Neighbor Authority) or state appropriations, with contracts structured as fixed-price per-acre, per-unit, or hourly rate bids. Contractors commonly must hold state pesticide applicator licenses, farm or forest labor contractor licenses, and demonstrate prior experience with comparable projects; many solicitations require crew minimums (typically 8–20 workers), equipment ownership or leasing, and multi-year crew supervision experience.

Recent activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest and Upper Midwest. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources issued Solicitation 7026 in June 2026 for pre-commercial thinning and hand-piling across 648 acres of U.S. Forest Service forestland in the Colville National Forest, with bids due July 31, 2026 and estimated contract value of $300,000. The Oregon Department of Forestry has issued multiple RFPs and RFQs including solicitations for juniper cutting and piling near Crane, Oregon (ITB S6350000016728, due May 29, 2026), fuels reduction across 532 acres in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest (S6290000016394, closed April 20, 2026 with $425,000 maximum award), and non-commercial thinning on 49 acres near Crescent Lake (RFQ S6290000016365, closed April 10, 2026). The Mississippi Forestry Commission sought contractors for herbicide application on cogongrass across multiple counties (IFB 3160007884, due June 8, 2026), with intent to award multiple vendors statewide. Illinois state and county agencies posted tree planting solicitations including the Apple River Canyon reforestation project (Illinois Department of Natural Resources, due March 17, 2026) and teasel herbicide management across three forest preserve preserves in Kane County (due February 10, 2026). Activity in other states includes habitat restoration at the Boardman Bombing Range in Oregon (Oregon Military Department, RFP due April 23, 2026), stormwater facility vegetation management in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (RFQ 26SWU06, due April 22, 2026 for three-year term), shaded fuel break work for the Los Altos Hills County Fire District in California (RFP due June 2, 2026), forest restoration planning for five Detroit parks (RFP due May 22, 2026, $10,000 base budget), park tree planting in Detroit (RFQ 543100, due February 23, 2026), tree replanting across Hillsborough County, Florida scenic roads (ITB 26-00125, due February 27, 2026, $935,275 estimated value), and exploratory carbon removal from biomass utilization in Boulder County, Colorado (RFI due March 13, 2026).