UNSPSC 71121400: Oilfield drilling bit services

Services relating to drilling bits.

UNSPSC 71121400 Oilfield drilling bit services, a Class code, describes state and local government procurement of well plugging, drilling, re-drilling, and site restoration services at orphaned and decommissioned oil and gas wells. Recent solicitations show demand for comprehensive drilling services including equipment rental (pole rigs, derrick rigs, wireline services), casing and tubing, cementing, mud engineering, waste disposal, and site restoration under prevailing wage requirements. The issuing-body mix spans state environmental and energy departments (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy; Texas General Land Office; Mississippi Oil and Gas Board), county authorities, and municipal water utilities. Repeat buyers appear in the Michigan solicitations, where the state has issued multiple concurrent direct solicitations for orphan well work across Gratiot and Montcalm counties in July 2026. The code also captures water well construction and rehabilitation services solicited by municipal water departments and county utilities, reflecting a broader interpretation of drilling-bit-level services to include well development and conditioning work performed with specialized drilling equipment.

Geographic activity concentrates in Michigan (four concurrent orphan well plugging solicitations posted mid-July 2026), Mississippi (three orphan well plugging RFPs), and Texas (Railroad Commission, General Land Office), with additional scattered municipal well work in Florida, California, Illinois, Oregon, Georgia, and Wisconsin. Representative recent opportunities include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's direct solicitation for plugging three orphan wells in Gratiot County (Solicitation DS7612600000000322, IFB format, due July 21, 2026), covering drilling, casing, cementing, and site restoration with unit pricing under Davis-Bacon prevailing wage; the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board's IFB for seven orphaned well plugging projects (IFB RFx No. 3160007881, due April 13, 2026), requiring turnkey plugging, remediation, and reclamation with federal IIJA funding; and the Eastern Municipal Water District's RFP for well maintenance and rehabilitation services in Riverside County, California (RFP #3931, due April 23, 2026), seeking five-year contracts with minimum two awards for pump removal, brushing, chemical treatment, and video logging at hourly rates under California prevailing wage. Activity reflects sustained federal and state investment in orphan well remediation through IIJA and state environmental programs alongside routine municipal water system maintenance contracting.