UNSPSC 71121601: Well casing crew service

Personnel services to run casing into the wellbore.

UNSPSC 71121601 Well casing crew service is a Commodity code describing labor-intensive well abandonment and plugging work that state and local governments procure through direct solicitation, invitation-to-bid, and request-for-proposal vehicles. State and local buyers are contracting not primarily for casing materials themselves but for the skilled field crews that remove, install, and manipulate well casings during comprehensive orphan well plugging, well rehabilitation, and water infrastructure projects. The work encompasses site preparation, equipment operation, casing and tubing installation or removal, mechanical brushing and chemical treatment of existing wells, cementing, wireline services, waste disposal, and site restoration—often coordinated across multiple specialized trades under prevailing wage requirements. Issuing bodies include state environmental and natural resources departments (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy; Texas General Land Office; Mississippi Oil and Gas Board; Illinois Department of Natural Resources; Railroad Commission of Texas), Florida counties and cities (Seminole County, Sarasota County, Marion County, Collier County, Hillsborough County), Texas cities (Austin, Lubbock, Pendleton, Palm Bay), California water districts, and smaller municipal utilities across Georgia, Mississippi, Oregon, and Wisconsin. Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy appears as the highest-volume recent buyer, with four direct solicitations (DS 260000000032 through DS 260000000035) posted July 16, 2026, all due July 21, 2026, for orphan gas storage well plugging in Gratiot and Montcalm counties spanning 38 wells total and requiring prequalification through prior RFPs, mandatory pre-bid meetings, and Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance.

Geographic activity concentrates in Michigan (four recent solicitations across Gratiot and Montcalm counties for orphan well plugging), Florida (Seminole, Marion, Sarasota, Hillsborough, Collier counties for wastewater pump stations and water well maintenance), Mississippi (three recent IFBs from the Oil and Gas Board for orphan well plugging), and Texas (Railroad Commission and General Land Office for H2S and orphan well services), with secondary activity in California (Eastern Municipal Water District and San Bernardino County), Illinois (Department of Natural Resources), and Oregon. Recent representative opportunities include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's three-well orphan well plugging IFB (Solicitation DS7612600000000322, due July 21, 2026), requiring prequalified contractors to provide unit-priced labor, equipment, and materials across 68 line-item categories under Davis-Bacon wages ($39.57–$41.28 per hour plus fringe); Seminole County Board of County Commissioners' wastewater pump station maintenance and repair IFB (CC710026HSMA, due August 5, 2026), seeking qualified vendors with eight prior municipal pump station projects and 24-hour emergency response capability; the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board's seven-well orphan plugging IFB (3160007967, due May 11, 2026); and Sarasota County's single-well abandonment RFQ (2026QQ759, due July 10, 2026, with a $50,000 cost ceiling). The code sees consistent activity driven by federal Orphaned Wells Program funding through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, state environmental remediation mandates, and municipal water infrastructure renewal, with most opportunities requiring firm-fixed unit pricing, prequalification or prior performance documentation, and compliance with prevailing wage, bonding, and insurance regimes.