UNSPSC 71121205: Oriented coring services

Services to record the core orientation in relation to its original position in the wellbore.

UNSPSC 71121205 Oriented coring services, a Commodity code, covers well abandonment, plugging, and related bore-hole services that state and local governments procure to remediate orphaned or end-of-life wells across multiple utility and environmental contexts. Recent solicitations reflect concrete demand for comprehensive well closure work—plugging and site restoration at orphan gas storage wells, exploratory monitor well construction and modification, potable water well construction and rehabilitation, and single-property residential well abandonment—executed under prevailing wage and regulatory compliance frameworks.

The issuing-body mix spans state environmental departments (Michigan EGLE, Texas General Land Office, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board), county utilities and special districts (Collier County Florida, Marion County Florida, Seminole County Florida, Volusia County Florida), municipalities and water authorities (City of Lubbock, City of Bend Oregon, City of Pascagoula Mississippi, Eastern Municipal Water District California, San Bernardino County), and state natural-resources divisions (Illinois Department of Natural Resources). Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has posted four related direct solicitations since late June 2026 for plugging 26 orphan gas storage wells across Gratiot and Montcalm counties, with proposals due July 21, 2026; all four solicitations (posted June 29 and July 16, 2026) require prior prequalification through specified RFPs and mandate attendance at a July 9 pre-proposal meeting. Geographic concentration is strongest in Michigan (orphan well plugging programs) and Florida (water well construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance), with additional activity in Texas, Mississippi, California, Oregon, Georgia, Illinois, and Wisconsin. The code shows robust recent activity through multiple concurrent procurements—the Michigan series alone represents approximately 26 wells under active solicitation with short response windows, while Seminole County Florida, Hillsborough County Florida, and San Bernardino County operate ongoing on-call or pre-qualified vendor programs for well and pump services. Specialized demand also includes aquifer storage and recovery conversions (City of Santa Cruz California, RFP due February 4, 2026) and digester-gas-to-energy projects leveraging well infrastructure (Eastern Municipal Water District California, mandatory pre-proposal March 9, 2026). Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, WIFIA loan compliance, and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act orphan-well program funding characterize the federal and state policy environment driving recent procurement volume.