UNSPSC 71121301: Downhole drilling vibration control services

Services to suppress drill string vibration - drilling dynamics services.

UNSPSC 71121301 Downhole drilling vibration control services, Commodity tier, frames state and local procurement activity narrowly around orphan well plugging and abandonment work rather than the broad category name suggests. Recent solicitations show state and local governments are buying comprehensive plugging, site restoration, and equipment removal services for gas storage wells, irrigation wells, and monitor wells across multiple jurisdictions. The scope includes drilling and re-drilling labor organized by skill classification (rig operators, welders, electricians, cementing specialists), equipment rental (drilling rigs in pole and derrick configurations, wireline services, casing and tubing), well-plugging materials (cement, chemicals, mud engineering fluids), heavy equipment operations, site preparation, and restoration. Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy dominates recent activity with four parallel direct solicitations for orphan gas storage well work in Gratiot and Montcalm counties (all due July 21, 2026), each requiring prequalification through prior RFPs and attendance at a mandatory pre-proposal meeting on July 9, 2026, with projects spanning 3 to 14 wells per solicitation. The issuing-body mix skews heavily toward state environmental or natural resources departments managing orphan and abandoned well remediation programs, with scattered county and municipal procurement for single-well replacements and monitoring well installations. Florida leads in county-level activity, with Sarasota County, Seminole County, Hillsborough County, Marion County, and Collier County pursuing water supply well construction and maintenance contracts; other activity appears in California (Eastern Municipal Water District), Texas (Lubbock, Railroad Commission), Mississippi (Oil and Gas Board), and Georgia (Helen, McIntosh County).

The most active procurement geography in the source centers on Michigan (four concurrent New Haven Energy orphan well plugging projects), Florida (five separate county water well or infrastructure solicitations posted between April and July 2026), and distributed state-level orphan well remediation programs in Texas, Mississippi, and other oil and gas producing states. Representative recent opportunities include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's four direct solicitations for orphan well plugging at New Haven Energy LLC gas storage facilities (Solicitation DS7612600000000322, DS7612600000000332, DS7612600000000352, DS7612600000000342), all posted July 16, 2026, with proposals due July 21, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern, restricted to prequalified contractors and including a mandatory pre-proposal meeting on July 9, 2026; Seminole County's invitation for bid for wastewater pump station repair and refurbishment (CC710026HSMA, posted July 13, 2026, due August 5, 2026), open to M/WBEs with a master service agreement structure and three-year initial term plus two optional one-year renewals; and Hillsborough County's invitation to bid for water well maintenance and repair services across 67 irrigation and potable wells (ITB2600234, posted May 19, 2026, due June 12, 2026, estimated at $688,073 for two years). Set-asides and preferences vary by jurisdiction; Michigan considers service-disabled veteran-owned business status under MCL 18.1261(8), Illinois designates small business set-asides for certain well drilling work, and Florida encourages M/WBE participation where applicable. Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements apply to federally funded orphan well plugging in Michigan, Mississippi, and Texas; state prevailing wage applies in California and Oregon.