The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service requires the need to purchase market index price data to be used to achieve fair, objective, and transparent valuation and pricing measures for Forest Service stumpage as provided herein.
Product or Service Code (PSC): R702 – Support-Management: Data Collection.
NAICS: 115310 - Support Activities for Forestry.
The contractor must develop and publish two monthly PNW Coast and five monthly Inland lumber price indices based on the sales price of lumber shipped, representative of lumber production in western sawmills. The contractor must also publish quarterly averages of the monthly index prices for quarters ending March, June, September, and December. Additionally, the contractor must conduct a grade recovery survey in 2029 to provide Index Logs available for use on January 1, 2030, based on a minimum of 50% of the lumber volume produced for each index species group for the 24-month period January 2027 through December 2028. The contractor must develop a methodology for updating the index log, a transition plan, and participate in a kick-off meeting. Deliverables include monthly index prices beginning November 10, 2026, quarterly average index prices beginning January 1, 2027, and the final index logs no later than January 1, 2030.
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