UNSPSC 71121516: Surveying wireline services

Services for measurement of formation properties with electrically powered instruments to infer properties and make decisions about drilling and production operations.

UNSPSC 71121516 Surveying wireline services is a Commodity code that encompasses wireline survey, inspection, and diagnostic services for water wells, irrigation systems, and oil and gas infrastructure. State and local governments procure this code primarily for well condition assessment, video inspection, casing integrity evaluation, and preparatory diagnostics ahead of repair or abandonment work. The code appears in solicitations across water utilities (municipal well rehabilitation and maintenance), environmental remediation programs (orphan well and abandoned well plugging), park and recreation departments (irrigation and potable water well systems), and state environmental agencies overseeing resource management and infrastructure compliance.

Issuing bodies include state environmental and natural resources departments (Michigan EGLE, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board, Illinois Department of Natural Resources), city water utilities (Albany, Reynolds, Wrens, Lubbock, Pascagoula), county utilities and parks departments (Hillsborough, Seminole, Sarasota, Gwinnett, Escambia), special districts (San Bernardino County Service Areas), and state park systems. Water utilities appear most frequently, with well video surveys and condition assessments driving routine maintenance and capital planning. Orphan well plugging programs funded through federal infrastructure grants (Build America Buy America Act, Davis-Bacon prevailing wage) represent a concentrated growth segment, with Michigan EGLE, Mississippi, and other states issuing multiple direct solicitations to prequalified vendors. Recent opportunities show Illinois Department of Corrections and Texas Parks and Wildlife issuing bids for well diagnostics at single facilities. The Illinois Department of Corrections has posted multiple identical color video survey and well casing repair quotes for Sheridan Correctional Center Well #1 (most recent: August 27 and September 9, 2026, both due within days of posting); these represent rapid re-solicitation after apparent failures to award, signaling active need but possible vendor capacity constraints.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Michigan (multiple EGLE orphan well solicitations in Gratiot and Montcalm Counties), Mississippi (Oil and Gas Board plugging programs), Florida (Hillsborough, Seminole, Escambia, and Sarasota counties; City of DeBary), Illinois (Department of Corrections, Department of Natural Resources), and Texas (Lubbock, San Antonio, Reynolds). Secondary activity spans Georgia (City of Albany, City of Wrens), Colorado (Boulder County), Oregon (Oregon Parks and Recreation), and other states. Representative recent opportunities include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy direct solicitation for the Gilbert 1 Orphan Well Plugging Project in Kent County (bids due October 12, 2026, prequalified-vendor-only RFP with mandatory pre-bid meeting September 29, 2026); the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board IFB for plugging and remediation of nine orphaned wells in Jasper and Jones Counties (bids due December 18, 2026, mandatory pre-bid site inspection October 22, 2026, Davis-Bacon prevailing wage required); the City of Albany, Georgia sealed bid for Well No. 21 rehabilitation and upgrade (bids due November 16, 2026); and Escambia County Waste Services' ITQ for installation of three monitoring wells at Klondike Landfill (response deadline September 16, 2026, Florida FDEP water well contractor license required).