UNSPSC 71121406: Oilfield drilling bit footage contracts

UNSPSC 71121406 Oilfield drilling bit footage contracts, a Commodity code, does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has posted four direct solicitations in July 2026 for orphan well plugging and site restoration across Gratiot and Montcalm Counties—covering 38 wells total across sections in the New Haven area—with response dates of July 21, 2026. These solicitations (DS 260000000032, 260000000033, 260000000034, and 260000000035) request comprehensive well abandonment services including plugging, site restoration, equipment removal, and infrastructure cleanup rather than drilling bit footage work. Bidders must be prequalified through prior RFPs and attend mandatory pre-proposal meetings on July 9, 2026. All work is subject to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, with unit pricing required across 68 line items covering labor, equipment, materials, and specialized services. Technical evaluation weighs key personnel, business-owned equipment, technical experience, and vendor responses equally at 25 points each, with an 80-point minimum threshold for award consideration.

The Michigan solicitations represent orphan well cleanup activity in a single state, while the broader tagged opportunities in the dataset span water well drilling, rehabilitation, and maintenance work across Florida (Seminole County wastewater pump stations, Hillsborough County water wells, Sarasota County well abandonment, Marion County potable wells, Volusia County well services, Collier County well improvements), Texas (City of Lubbock water treatment), California (San Bernardino County on-call well services, Eastern Municipal Water District well maintenance and digester gas projects), Illinois (Union County irrigation well installation, Illinois Department of Natural Resources well repair), Mississippi (orphan well plugging programs), Oregon (City of Watertown and Pendleton well rehabilitation), Georgia (Helen and McIntosh County water systems), Arizona, and other jurisdictions. Geographic spread concentrates in Florida and the South, with scattered activity across Western and Midwestern states. The code's nominal scope—drilling bit footage—appears disconnected from the actual procurement mix, which centers on well plugging, abandonment, maintenance, rehabilitation, and infrastructure renewal rather than drilling consumables or footage-based drilling services.