UNSPSC 71121604: Coiled tubing drilling services

Services using coiled tubing with downhole mud motors to turn the bit to deepen a wellbore.

UNSPSC 71121604 Coiled tubing drilling services, a Commodity code, covers well plugging, abandonment, and site restoration work that state and local governments procure primarily through environmental remediation and infrastructure renewal initiatives. Recent solicitations show state environmental departments and regional authorities soliciting comprehensive orphan well plugging, drilling re-entry, and site reclamation—including debris removal, infrastructure demolition, cementing operations, wireline services, and full site restoration to original or improved conditions. The work encompasses labor across multiple classifications (roustabouts, toolpushers, cementing and rig crews, heavy equipment operators, welders, electricians), specialized drilling and well-control equipment (pole rigs, derrick rigs, BOP rentals, tubing and casing systems), mud engineering and fluids, waste disposal, and regulatory compliance under prevailing wage and environmental standards.

The issuing bodies are predominantly 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) and, to a lesser extent, municipal utilities departments and special districts managing water supply infrastructure. Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has emerged as a standout repeat buyer, issuing four concurrent orphan well plugging solicitations in mid-July 2026 in Gratiot and Montcalm counties covering 38 wells total. Geographic activity clusters in the Upper Midwest (Michigan) and Gulf Coast states (Texas, Mississippi, Florida), with secondary activity in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. The Michigan opportunities (solicitations DS 260000000032 through DS 260000000035, due July 21, 2026) exemplify the current activity: the state is seeking prequalified contractors—those previously awarded contracts under five specified RFPs—to plug 3, 14, 12, and 9 orphan gas storage wells respectively, with unit-price bidding across 68 line-item matrices covering labor, equipment, materials, and site work, Davis-Bacon prevailing wages ($39.57–$41.28 per hour plus fringe), firm pricing, and best-value award. Texas General Land Office RFQ 455-26-1020 and Mississippi Oil and Gas Board IFBs pursue similar H2S well plugging and orphan well remediation on statewide bases, both federally funded through Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act dollars with prevailing wage and Build America, Buy America Act compliance mandates.