UNSPSC 71120000: Well drilling and construction services

Services provided to drill and construct wells and platforms for onshore and offshore facilities.

UNSPSC 71120000 Well drilling and construction services is a Family code covering orphan well plugging, water well construction and testing, aquifer storage and recovery facility conversion, pump station rehabilitation, and geothermal well field development work that state and local governments procure for groundwater supply, infrastructure rehabilitation, and environmental remediation. Recent solicitations show state environmental agencies, county utilities, municipal water departments, special water districts, and state fish and wildlife programs issuing the bulk of activity, with Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy posting four consecutive orphan well abandonment solicitations in mid-July 2026 alone; Florida counties (Seminole, Sarasota, Marion, Collier, Volusia) and California water districts (Eastern Municipal Water District, San Bernardino County) repeat frequently as issuing bodies. Work spans plugging of high-pressure gas storage wells under Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, new production well drilling to depths of 250–1,850 feet with capacity testing, on-call maintenance and emergency repair contracts for municipal well systems, and design-and-build projects for aquifer storage and recovery conversions. Geographic concentration centers on Michigan (Gratiot and Montcalm counties), Florida (Marion, Seminole, Sarasota, Collier counties), California (Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange counties), and Texas, with scattered activity in North Carolina, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Mississippi.

Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy dominates current opportunity flow with four direct solicitations posted July 16, 2026, each requiring prequalification through prior RFPs and mandatory pre-bid attendance on July 9, 2026, for plugging and site restoration of 3, 9, 12, and 14 orphan gas storage wells respectively across Gratiot and Montcalm counties, all with July 21, 2026 response dates and best-value selection on technical factors (key personnel, equipment list, experience, and vendor questions at 25 points each, 80-point minimum threshold). Other representative recent solicitations include Seminole County Board of County Commissioners seeking on-call wastewater pump station repair services under RFQ CC710026HSMA (bids due August 5, 2026) with requirements for demonstrated completion of eight municipal pump station projects including five rehabilitation and three new construction; Illinois Department of Natural Resources issuing ITB 26-422DNR-LNDMG-B-52982 for a supplemental irrigation well installation at Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area (bids due July 9, 2026, small business set-aside, mandatory pre-bid June 25); and Collier County soliciting bids for NRO Wells 118N and 120N improvements with a $2.9 million budget (closed October 8, 2025). Prevailing wage, Davis-Bacon compliance, equipment bonding, and 80-point technical evaluation thresholds are common across work.