UNSPSC 20121116: Retrievable cementing packers

UNSPSC 20121116 Retrievable cementing packers is a Commodity-tier code that shows limited alignment between its nominal scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The code name refers to downhole equipment used in oil and gas well construction, but the single recent opportunity tagged to it — the City of Tucson's RFP No. 240011 for Gas Extraction and Removal services — involves EPA-certified refrigerant recovery and documentation at a municipal sustainability campus, not well cementing or oil and gas operations. The second recent opportunity, Sourcewell's cooperative RFP #061626 for law enforcement equipment, is similarly unrelated to the code's stated scope. State and local procurement records show no recent activity that matches the retrievable cementing packers commodity definition.

The geographic and sectoral mismatch suggests this code sees little or no relevant state and local solicitation volume. Interested vendors should verify whether procurement offices in their target jurisdictions are actually using this code to tag well-related drilling or completion work, or whether the code remains inactive in the state and local market. The two opportunities currently associated with it — environmental services in Arizona and cooperative law enforcement procurement through a Minnesota intermediary — do not reflect demand for cementing packers.