UNSPSC 71121510: Geostopping services

Bit resistivity measurement services.

UNSPSC 71121510 Geostopping services, a Commodity code, encompasses the abandonment, plugging, and site restoration of orphaned or decommissioned wells — work that state and local governments procure primarily through state environmental and natural resource agencies managing oil, gas, and water infrastructure remediation programs. Recent state and local solicitations show state departments (Michigan, Mississippi, Texas, Illinois) and counties (Sarasota, Marion, Collier, Seminole in Florida) issuing direct solicitations, RFQs, and ITBs for well plugging, well abandonment, and ancillary site restoration including equipment removal, flowline disconnection, casing and tubing work, waste disposal, and environmental compliance. The work includes both orphaned oil and gas wells in energy-producing states and municipal water wells undergoing rehabilitation, decommissioning, or capacity improvement.

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has dominated recent activity, posting four direct solicitations in July 2026 for New Haven Energy orphan wells in Gratiot and Montcalm counties (38 wells total across four notices, all due July 21, 2026), each restricted to vendors prequalified through prior RFP processes and requiring attendance at mandatory pre-bid meetings, unit pricing on 68 line items, Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance, and technical scoring on key personnel, business-owned equipment, company experience, and vendor questions (minimum 80 points for award eligibility). Geographically, Michigan leads recent activity, followed by Mississippi (seven orphan well plugging solicitations across multiple counties through the MSOGB under federal IIJA funding, due dates ranging April–May 2026), Texas (RFQ for high-hydrogen-sulfide well pad services through the General Land Office, May 2026), and scattered county-level well construction and rehabilitation projects in Florida (Marion County, Sarasota County, Seminole County, Collier County, Palm Bay) and other states (Illinois water well installation, Oregon well improvements, California groundwater services). The code also captures related water well maintenance, rehabilitation, and design services (Eastern Municipal Water District in California, City of Lubbock in Texas, Volusia County and Hillsborough County in Florida), though the orphan well plugging work predominates in recent solicitations.