UNSPSC 71121519: Geology operations services

The provision of experienced geologists who are involved in all stages of the development of a well, including identification of potential locations to drill, supporting the monitoring and reservoir evaluation during well development, documenting the geological outcomes of the well, and assisting the drilling team with other work associated with the well.

UNSPSC 71121519 Geology operations services is a Commodity code covering well plugging, abandonment, and site restoration work — the scope that state and local governments are actually procuring under this designation. Recent solicitations show Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy issuing direct solicitations for orphan gas storage well plugging across multiple Gratiot County sites, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board contracting for orphaned well remediation and plugging services, and Sarasota County and other Florida entities seeking single-well abandonment and monitoring-well replacement work. The mix of issuing bodies reflects environmental remediation and water resource management priorities: state departments of environment or natural resources dominating the activity, counties and municipalities procuring well services at specific sites, and regional boards or authorities managing orphaned-well cleanup programs. Michigan's EGLE has posted four concurrent solicitations (due July 21, 2026) for plugging 3, 12, 14, and 9 orphan wells respectively in Gratiot and Montcalm Counties, each restricted to vendors prequalified through prior RFPs and subject to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements; Sarasota County's June 2026 solicitation for single-well abandonment on a private residential property capped pricing at $50,000; and Mississippi's MSOGB issued multiple IFBs for seven, three, and seven orphaned well plugging projects in spring 2026, each requiring five years of prior experience and compliance with federal IIJA funding mandates.

Geographic concentration centers on the Great Lakes region and the South, with Michigan and Mississippi the most active recent issuers, followed by Florida counties (Sarasota, Marion, Collier, Hillsborough, Seminole, and Brevard) competing for water-well construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance contracts. Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Texas state agencies (General Land Office and Railroad Commission) have also posted well-plugging and drilling solicitations in early 2026. The activity spans orphaned-well environmental remediation funded through federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act programs; municipal water-supply well construction and rehabilitation for treatment plants and potable-water systems; wastewater pump-station maintenance agreements; and specialized services such as aquifer storage and recovery conversions. Representative recent work includes Michigan's orphan-well plugging for New Haven Energy LLC gas storage wellheads in direct solicitations with mandatory pre-proposal meetings and 68-line-item pricing matrices; Seminole County's wastewater pump-station repair master service agreement with three-year initial term and two one-year renewals (RFP CC-7100-26/HSM, due August 5, 2026); Hillsborough County's two-year water-well maintenance contract estimated at $688,073 for 67 wells across county parks (ITB due June 12, 2026); and Palm Bay's production-well construction solicitation for four 850-foot wells at the North Regional Water Treatment Plant (RFP 30RFP26, due April 28, 2026). Set-asides appear in select solicitations—Michigan's EGLE considers service-disabled veteran-owned business status under state law; Illinois designates certain well projects as small-business set-asides; and Mississippi and Texas identify HUB and minority-owned business opportunities within their orphaned-well programs. Activity is current and dense through mid-2026, with multiple overlapping procurements from the same issuing bodies, indicating sustained demand for both project-specific and on-call well services across environmental remediation, municipal water infrastructure, and wastewater treatment portfolios.