UNSPSC 70151803: Forest arid land rehabilitation

UNSPSC 70151803 Forest arid land rehabilitation, a Commodity code, encompasses invasive plant control, forestry services, habitat restoration, and land management work on state and locally owned natural areas and conservation lands. State and local governments procure these services to address post-fire recovery, invasive species suppression, wildlife habitat enhancement, and ecosystem restoration across public and privately held properties. Issuing bodies include state environmental and natural resource departments (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington Department of Natural Resources, Mississippi Forestry Commission), county soil and water conservation districts, municipal departments (City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management), fire districts, and university procurement offices. Work solicited under the code ranges from selective juniper cutting and hand-piling to control competing vegetation and restore sage-grouse nesting habitat, to pre-commercial forest thinning on federal lands under state management authority, to multi-year vegetation management contracts that combine invasive plant suppression (herbicide application for cogongrass and medusahead rye control), conifer planting with native stock, tree removal and pruning, and meadow and habitat restoration with mandatory survivability and effectiveness standards.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest and Upper South: Oregon (juniper treatment and post-fire conifer restoration work), Washington (silvicultural thinning under Forest Service Good Neighbor Authority), Mississippi (statewide cogongrass suppression), and Georgia (urban natural area management). Representative recent solicitations include the City of Atlanta's Annual Natural Area Management Program (PE66062NONST2027000000494), an Invitation for Bids with prequalification phase due November 6, 2026, requiring five years of relevant experience and performance standards including 90 percent invasive plant reduction and 90 percent native planting survivability; Jackson Soil & Water Conservation District's post-fire restoration RFP (SR1510100017893) for herbicide application and conifer planting on 149 acres in Jackson County, Oregon, due September 18, 2026, with mandatory preference points for minority-, women-, and veteran-owned businesses; the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's West Murray Juniper Re-Treatment ITB (S6350000017545) for juniper felling services near Dayville, Oregon, due August 19, 2026, with 10 percent Oregon Small Business Enterprise preference; the Washington Department of Natural Resources pre-commercial thinning solicitation (7026) across 648 acres in Pend Oreille County, estimated at $300,000, bids due July 31, 2026; and the Mississippi Forestry Commission's cogongrass control IFB (3160007884) covering six coastal and statewide interior counties, bids due June 8, 2026, with intent to contract with four vendors on a per-hour 2-man crew basis.