UNSPSC 71121505: Oilfield drilling performance services

Services to identify opportunities and implement plans for improved drilling performance.

UNSPSC 71121505 Oilfield drilling performance services is a Commodity code capturing well plugging, abandonment, and site restoration work that state and local governments procure primarily to address orphaned or abandoned oil and gas wells. Recent activity shows state environmental agencies and natural resource boards soliciting comprehensive well-plugging packages that include drilling, re-drilling, casing installation, cementing, wireline services, waste disposal, heavy equipment operations, and site restoration—work driven by state and federal orphan-well remediation programs funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy dominates recent activity, issuing four direct solicitations in July 2026 for plugging and site restoration of 38 orphan gas storage wells across Gratiot and Montcalm counties. Mississippi's Oil and Gas Board has issued multiple IFBs for orphaned well plugging across five counties. These procurements typically restrict bidders to those prequalified through prior RFPs, require Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance, mandate detailed unit-price scheduling across 60+ line items (labor by classification, rig configurations, casing, cementing, wireline, waste handling), and evaluate on technical factors—key personnel, equipment capability, experience, and vendor responses—rather than lowest price. All work is firm-fixed with no price adjustments permitted during execution.

Michigan's four July solicitations (responses due July 21, 2026) represent the largest concentration of recent activity under this code, covering 38 wells across three direct solicitations with mandatory pre-proposal meetings and prequalification restrictions. The Mississippi Oil and Gas Board has issued statewide orphan-well plugging RFQs and IFBs throughout March and April 2026, with work anticipated to commence May–June 2026 across Adams, Clarke, Hinds, Jefferson Davis, Issaquena, Madison, Walthall, and Yazoo counties. Illinois Department of Natural Resources issued one IFB for well and pump installation at Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area (due July 9, 2026, reposted) under a small-business set-aside. The code sees minimal activity outside the orphan-well remediation context; a few opportunities for irrigation or municipal water-supply well construction and rehabilitation post under miscoded UNSPSC assignments and are not core to drilling-performance services. Winning bidders typically hold Class A general engineering or well-drilling contractor licenses, maintain equipment inventories (pole rigs, derrick rigs, wireline units), and carry prevailing-wage labor forces across specialized oilfield classifications. Activity is concentrated in Michigan, Mississippi, and Illinois, with federal IIJA funding driving procurement timing. This code remains active and favorable for contractors holding prequalification credentials and in-state presence in states with documented orphan-well inventories.