UNSPSC 71121208: Wireline retrievable coring services

Coring samples that can be retrieved by a wireline.

UNSPSC 71121208 Wireline retrievable coring services is a Commodity code. State and local governments show minimal recent procurement activity aligned with this code's nominal scope. The opportunities posted under this code involve irrigation system installation, well plugging and abandonment, water well maintenance and repair, wastewater pump station refurbishment, and well drilling—none of which represent wireline coring services as traditionally understood in oil and gas exploration and production contexts. The code appears to be systematically misapplied to water-infrastructure procurement; the recent opportunities reflect general well construction, maintenance, and utility work rather than the specialized wireline coring activity the code nominally describes.

Issuing bodies span municipalities (City of DeBary, City of Albany, City of Austin, City of Wrens), counties (Escambia County, Gwinnett County, Seminole County, Hillsborough County, Sarasota County, Boulder County), state departments (Michigan EGLE, Illinois Department of Corrections, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Oregon Parks and Recreation), and regional utilities. Michigan EGLE and Mississippi Oil and Gas Board appear repeatedly, driving activity around federally funded orphan well plugging under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Geographic spread includes Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Illinois, Mississippi, Oregon, Colorado, and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include the City of DeBary's Rob Sullivan Park irrigation system conversion (competitive bid, $90,000 estimated cost), Michigan EGLE's Gilbert Orphan Well Plugging project in Kent County (prequalified vendor pool, federal funding under Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), and Mississippi Oil and Gas Board's nine-well plugging project in Jasper and Jones Counties (IFB, bids due December 18, 2026, mandatory pre-bid site inspection October 22, 2026). The City of Albany is procuring Well No. 21 rehabilitation (sealed bid, due November 16, 2026), and Hillsborough County issued an ITB for water well maintenance and repair services across 67 facilities ($688,073 estimated two-year cost). The code shows strong activity in well abandonment, plugging, and maintenance work, but the wireline coring descriptor does not reflect the actual scope being solicited.