UNSPSC 71121300: Downhole drilling tool services

Services and/or rental equipment used in the bottom hole assembly bha of a drill string that provides certain additional functionality to the drilling process such as friction reduction, borehole enlargement, vibration monitoring and control, etc.

UNSPSC 71121300 Downhole drilling tool services is a Class code that spans work state and local governments buy to drill, plug, abandon, and restore water supply wells, irrigation systems, and orphan oil and gas wells. The recent solicitation activity shows a mix of municipal water infrastructure, county wastewater and irrigation projects, and state-level orphan well plugging funded through federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act grants. Water well drilling and rehabilitation appear most frequently, alongside specialized services including video inspection, well abandonment, pump maintenance, and casing repair. Issuing bodies include state environmental agencies (Michigan EGLE, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board, Illinois Department of Natural Resources), county utilities departments and environmental services offices (Hillsborough, Seminole, Sarasota, Escambia Counties in Florida; Gwinnett County in Georgia), cities (Albany, Reynolds, Pascagoula, Wrens, Lubbock, Austin, Bend), regional water districts (Hilldale Water District in Mississippi, Boulder County Parks and Open Space in Colorado), and state parks and recreation departments. Michigan and Florida are standout repeat issuers, with Michigan posting multiple orphan well plugging solicitations and Florida issuing numerous municipal well and pump station work orders.

Representative recent opportunities include the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board requesting sealed bids on plugging, remediation, and reclamation of nine orphaned oil and gas wells in Jasper and Jones Counties under IFB RFx No. 3160008162, with bids due December 18, 2026; the City of Albany, Georgia seeking sealed bids for Well No. 21 rehabilitation under Bid Ref. 27-032, with responses due November 16, 2026; the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy awarding prequalified contracts for orphan well plugging, drilling, and site restoration services across multiple project packages under RFP 260000002522, with five contractors awarded totaling $800,000 in contract value (Lease Management Inc., M&A Energy Services LLC, NuPointe Energy LLC, Plants and Goodwin Inc., and Team Services LLC); and Hillsborough County issuing ITB 26-00234 for two-year water well maintenance and repair services at 67 county wells across multiple parks and recreational facilities, estimated at $688,073.00. Geographic concentration spans Michigan (orphan well plugging), Florida (municipal and county water systems and irrigation), Mississippi (orphan wells and municipal water wells), Georgia (municipal water supply wells), Texas (water treatment design and well services), Colorado (agricultural stock wells), and Illinois (supplemental well installation), with scattered activity in Oregon, Maryland, and other states.