UNSPSC 71121024: Casing cement services

Cementing services performed through casing

UNSPSC 71121024 Casing cement services (Commodity) encompasses plugging, abandonment, and site restoration of orphaned oil and gas wells—work that state and local governments procure primarily through environmental remediation programs funded by federal orphan-well initiatives. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy dominates recent activity, issuing four concurrent direct solicitations in July 2026 for plugging and site restoration of 38 orphan gas storage wells across Gratiot and Montcalm counties. These opportunities (DS 260000000032 through DS 260000000035, all due July 21, 2026) specify comprehensive scope including well casing and tubing removal, cementing services, wireline operations, site preparation, and restoration. All four solicitations restrict bidding to contractors prequalified through five prior RFPs and require attendance at mandatory pre-proposal meetings. Work is subject to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, with conformed rates for cementer classifications at $39–$41 per hour plus $25–$40 fringe. Bidders must submit unit pricing for 68 line items covering labor, drilling equipment, well materials, cementing, and site restoration, and provide detailed timelines. Selection is by best value on four equally weighted technical factors (key personnel, business-owned equipment, technical experience, vendor questions), with an 80-point minimum threshold for award consideration.

Geographic activity is concentrated in Michigan's Great Lakes region, where the 2026 orphan-well cleanup effort represents a sustained state procurement stream. The source shows no recent opportunities outside Michigan under this commodity code, and the solicitations consistently name New Haven Energy LLC as the well operator. Issuing bodies are state environmental agencies (EGLE), not counties or municipalities, reflecting that casing cement services are typically bought through statewide environmental remediation or oil-and-gas reclamation programs. The code shows strong, immediate activity with tight response windows (all July 2026 deadlines have passed as of today's date); firms prequalified under Michigan's prior RFP vehicles and capable of Davis-Bacon-compliant rig operations and cementing crews should evaluate backlog opportunity in a second wave of solicitations if the state continues the New Haven field abandonment program.