UNSPSC 20131011: General drilling chemical

A drilling fluid mainly depends on the type of formation and the borehole depth. The various kinds of drilling fluids normally used are water, bentonite mud, cutting oil, polymers (both water-based and mud-based), etc.

UNSPSC 20131011 General drilling chemical (Commodity) shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The single recent opportunity tagged to this code—Sourcewell RFP #061626, posted May 12, 2026 with a response deadline of June 16, 2026—solicits law enforcement equipment through a cooperative purchasing vehicle, a classification that bears no relationship to drilling chemicals or oilfield-service consumables. The mismatch suggests either a data-entry error in the opportunity record or a tagging anomaly in the source system. No other recent state and local opportunities under this code appear in the available record.

Sourcewell, a Minnesota local government unit and service cooperative operating under Washington state law (RCW 39.34), issued the RFP on behalf of participating entities including Franklin, Grant, Grays Harbor, Chelan, and Yakima counties. The resulting contract(s) are intended for use by thousands of governmental agencies, higher education institutions, K–12 school districts, nonprofit organizations, tribal governments, and other public entities throughout the United States and Canada. Vendors seeking solicitation documents and submission details must register on the Sourcewell Procurement Portal (https://proportal.sourcewell-mn.gov) and submit proposals exclusively through that channel; questions may be directed to Mari Vielma at rfp@sourcewell-mn.gov or 888-894-1930. The absence of meaningful recent opportunities under the general drilling chemical code suggests limited current state and local demand for this commodity class or a structural disconnect in how opportunities are tagged and indexed in available procurement databases.