UNSPSC 20141023: Onshore platform christmas trees and wellhead assemblies

Christmas tree is a piece of equipment that provides flow control on a oil or gas well. Christmas trees are a vertical assembly of valves with gauges and chokes that allow for adjustments in flow control as well as injections to stimulate production. Assembly consists of Tree cap and gauge, Tree adapter, Swab valve, Kill wing valve, Production wing valve, Surface choke, Master Valves (Upper and Lower master valves) Tubing head adapter, Production string etc.

UNSPSC 20141023 Onshore platform christmas trees and wellhead assemblies is a Commodity code that encompasses plugging, remediation, and site restoration services for orphaned oil and gas wells, not the manufacturing of wellhead equipment that the code name suggests. State and local governments—primarily state environmental and natural resources departments—are procuring comprehensive abandonment services including drilling, re-drilling, cementing, wireline operations, and complete site reclamation. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy dominates recent activity, issuing multiple direct solicitations in July 2026 for orphan gas storage well plugging across Gratiot and Montcalm counties. The Mississippi Oil and Gas Board and Texas General Land Office have also issued similar procurement actions. Issuing bodies are state-level agencies managing orphaned well programs funded through federal grant programs, particularly the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. All recent solicitations require prequalification or demonstrated experience in well abandonment; contracts are awarded on best-value criteria emphasizing technical qualifications, key personnel, equipment adequacy, and past performance over lowest price. Work is performed at dispersed well sites across multiple states, with Michigan showing the highest current activity.

Michigan's four July 2026 direct solicitations represent the bulk of recent activity—covering 3, 12, 14, and 9 orphan gas storage wells respectively in Gratiot County and spanning response dates of July 21, 2026. Each requires attendance at a mandatory pre-proposal meeting on July 9, 2026, prequalification through one of five prior RFPs, and submission of 68-line-item pricing matrices with firm unit rates covering labor (including Davis-Bacon classifications ranging from $39.57 to $41.32 per hour plus fringe), equipment rental (pole rigs, derricks, casing, tubing, wireline, cementing), and site restoration. Technical evaluation weights key personnel, business-owned equipment, company experience, and vendor questions at 25 points each with an 80-point minimum threshold for award consideration. Mississippi Oil and Gas Board procurements issued in March and April 2026 follow a similar structure—orphan well plugging and reclamation on a turnkey basis with evaluation based on lowest cost combined with qualifications and references. Geographic concentration in Michigan reflects current state-funded orphan well remediation programs, while Texas and Mississippi represent secondary jurisdictional activity. The code shows active, recurring demand driven by environmental cleanup mandates and federal grant funding, with response windows typically 4–6 weeks from posting to bid close.