UNSPSC 71121508: Formation pressure measurement when drilling services

Measurement of the bulk density of the formation when drilling.

UNSPSC 71121508 Formation pressure measurement when drilling services, Commodity tier, refers to pressure measurement and monitoring during well drilling operations, though state and local opportunities under this code show a markedly different actual activity pattern. Recent solicitations reveal that state and local governments procure orphan well plugging and abandonment services—including site preparation, drilling, re-drilling, plugging, cementing, wireline services, and full site restoration—rather than formation pressure measurement alone. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy dominates recent activity, issuing four direct solicitations in July 2026 for orphan well abandonment across Gratiot and Montcalm counties. Additional recent opportunities span water well construction and rehabilitation (Marion County, Florida; Sarasota County, Florida; Palm Bay, Florida; Collier County, Florida; Watertown, Wisconsin), municipal water supply wells (City of Lubbock, Texas; San Bernardino County, California), and emergency well abandonment services (Sarasota County single-family residential property abandonment). The code shows minimal activity aligned with formation pressure measurement during drilling; instead, state and local buyers are engaged in comprehensive orphan well remediation, municipal well development, and groundwater infrastructure renewal.

Michigan commands the recent activity concentration with four orphan well plugging direct solicitations posted June 29 and July 16, 2026—New Haven Section 3 (three wells), New Haven Energy Section 4 (fourteen wells), New Haven Sections 31-33 (nine wells), and New Haven Sections 5-10 and Plank 1-1 (twelve wells)—all managed by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy under prequalified contractor lists from prior RFPs (210000000834, 220000000547, 220000001850, 220000002631, 240000000951), with proposals due July 21, 2026. These solicitations specify 68-line-item unit-price matrices, Davis-Bacon prevailing wages, and best-value award criteria weighted on key personnel (25 points), business-owned equipment (25 points), technical experience (25 points), and vendor questions (25 points), with 80-point minimums required. Water well construction activity appears in Florida (Sarasota County well abandonment due July 10, 2026 under quote ceiling $50,000; Marion County four potable wells due May 21, 2026; Palm Bay four production wells due April 28, 2026; Collier County NRO Wells 118N/120N due October 8, 2025 at $2.9 million estimated budget) and California (San Bernardino County on-call well maintenance RFQ due August 31, 2026 for $2.8 million over five years), with municipal design services sought by City of Lubbock RFQ for WTP Lake 7 design (proposals due July 2, 2026). Activity is geographically concentrated in Michigan and Florida, with secondary presence in California, Texas, Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Georgia; the code shows negligible recent alignment with abstract formation pressure measurement taxonomy.