UNSPSC 71121024: Casing cement services

Cementing services performed through casing

UNSPSC 71121024 Casing cement services is a Commodity code under which state and local governments actually procure well plugging, abandonment, and site restoration services—work that state records consistently tag with this code despite its narrow nominal scope. The recent solicitations reveal a dominant activity pattern: orphaned and abandoned oil and gas well closure under federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding, along with water well replacement, rehabilitation, and maintenance across municipal water systems. State environmental agencies (Michigan EGLE, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board), municipalities (cities of Albany, Reynolds, Wrens, Pascagoula, DeBary, and Lubbock), counties (Sarasota, Seminole, Gwinnett, Escambia, Hillsborough, San Bernardino), regional water districts (Hilldale, Union County), state parks systems (Oregon Parks and Recreation, Texas Parks and Wildlife), and independent school districts initiate these procurements through RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITBs. The work spans site characterization (video survey and inspection), drilling and construction (new wells, pump installation, casing and screen placement), cement plugging and abandonment (meeting state and federal regulatory standards including Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance), and site restoration. Insurance and bonding requirements are substantial—general liability typically $1 million to $2 million, workers' compensation per statute, environmental liability where applicable, and performance bonds equal to 100 percent of contract value for many large projects.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida (Sarasota County, Hillsborough County, City of DeBary, Escambia County), Michigan (EGLE orphan well programs across multiple counties), Georgia (Cities of Albany and Reynolds), and Mississippi (state orphan well program), with secondary activity in Illinois, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, and other states. Representative recent solicitations include the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board's plugging of nine orphaned oil and gas wells in Jasper and Jones Counties under IFB 3160008162 (bids due December 18, 2026, mandatory pre-bid site inspection October 22, 2026); the Michigan EGLE prequalification RFP for orphan well services across the Lower Peninsula (proposals due September 22, 2026, five vendors awarded $800,000 in total value); the City of Albany, Georgia's competitive bid for Well No. 21 rehabilitation (bids due November 16, 2026); Boulder County Parks and Open Space's RFP for stock water well development on two agricultural properties (proposals due September 4, 2026, $350,000 contract value); Hillsborough County's two-year water well maintenance and repair ITB for 67 wells ($688,073 estimated value, bids due June 12, 2026); and the City of DeBary's irrigation system improvement project for Rob Sullivan Park (bid due April 10, 2015, $90,000 estimated cost). Federal funding (IIJA, State Revolving Funds, USDA Rural Development) and prevailing wage compliance are common contract prerequisites. Competition is open or includes prequalified vendor pools; set-asides for small businesses, minority-owned enterprises, and veteran-owned businesses appear in several jurisdictions but are not universal.