Wood Products Council

Wood Products Council Woodworks Division, a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC, provides technical expertise, design project support, and educational resources on mass timber and wood-based construction technologies to federal agencies primarily as a grant recipient under Department of Agriculture Forest Service programs. The vendor holds no federal prime contracts under standard contract vehicles and operates almost exclusively as a direct federal grant prime recipient (14 of 15 recent awards, or 93%).

The vendor's federal footprint centers on the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, which accounts for 93% of recent awards across six distinct sub-organizations within USDA Forest Service. Wood Products Council serves as a recipient of project grants under two core federal grant programs: the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) and the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674). Representative grant work includes a $6.2 million project grant awarded July 20, 2026, under Cooperative Forestry Assistance to provide direct technical assistance to developers, architects, and engineers on wood and timber use in commercial and multi-family buildings, with performance across the United States through June 29, 2031. A second representative award is a $6 million project grant under Wood Utilization Assistance, awarded January 15, 2025, to remove hurdles to wood utilization in commercial construction and support emerging wood-based construction technologies, with completion scheduled for December 31, 2028. A third is a $5.8 million Wood Utilization Assistance project grant awarded August 6, 2024, to deliver technical support and innovation transfer focused on mass timber solutions, including specialized assistance to the Army Engineer Research and Development Center, with completion by May 31, 2029.

The vendor also holds one federal prime contract — a $400 thousand firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded September 3, 2024, by the Army Engineer Research and Development Center for mass timber expertise technical transfer and design project support to Department of Defense agencies, with completion scheduled for September 10, 2026. This contract arose from a Commercial Solutions Opening posted November 9, 2023, and was awarded with no set-aside.

Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $46.3 million against a combined potential value of $400 thousand in the source data, a reporting discrepancy reflecting the non-standard mix of relatively small contract ceilings against larger grant-award obligations. Recent award activity remains sparse — two awards in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026 — with the bulk of the vendor's federal engagement concentrated in USDA Forest Service grant programs supporting domestic wood product demand in commercial construction and forest health objectives. As a sub-recipient, Wood Products Council worked with the New England Forestry Foundation on a mass timber design study and technical guidance framework for affordable housing, awarded May 15, 2023.