UNSPSC 71121121: Abrasive tubular cleaning services

Performing abrasive tubular cleaning services.

UNSPSC 71121121 Abrasive tubular cleaning services is a Commodity code. State and local governments procuring under this code are actually buying well plugging, abandonment, and site restoration services for orphaned oil and gas wells, not traditional abrasive tube cleaning. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has dominated recent activity, issuing four large direct solicitations in July 2026 (due July 21, 2026) for plugging and site restoration of 38 orphaned gas storage wells across Gratiot and Montcalm counties—three separate projects covering three, fourteen, and twelve wells respectively, plus a fourth covering nine wells. All four solicitations are restricted to vendors prequalified through five prior RFPs and require attendance at mandatory pre-proposal meetings. Work includes site supervision, rig services (pole and derrick configurations), well casing and tubing rental, drilling equipment, cementing, mud engineering, wireline services, waste disposal, heavy equipment operations, and site restoration, with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements (ranging $39.57–$41.28 per hour plus $25.00–$40.00 fringe depending on classification). Contractors must submit unit pricing for 68 line items and detailed project timelines segmented by site prep, mobilization, plugging, and restoration. Award is on best value (not lowest price) based on equal-weighted technical factors: key personnel (25%), business-owned equipment (25%), technical experience (25%), and vendor questions worksheet (25%), with an 80-point minimum threshold required.

The code shows minimal activity outside Michigan's orphaned-well program. A single tangential opportunity appears in the dataset: Sarasota County's well abandonment for a residential property (RFQ 2026QQ759, due July 10, 2026, $50,000 ceiling), which involves removal of pump, sealing, grouting, site restoration, and regulatory documentation but is a residential single-well abandonment unrelated to oil and gas operations. No other state or local jurisdictions have posted solicitations under this code in the recent window; activity is heavily concentrated in Michigan's environmental remediation initiative. The code appears underutilized in state and local procurement overall, or frequently mislabeled when wells are involved.