UNSPSC 71121610: Well drilling engineering services

Includes bit supervision, and evaluation or advise on bit application, mud engineering, directional drilling, mwd, wireline and surface logging advise, drilling performance optimization, planning, training, implementation (drilling), or knowledge capture.

UNSPSC 71121610 Well drilling engineering services is a Commodity code capturing well construction, drilling, testing, repair, abandonment, and plugging services that state and local governments procure to develop, maintain, remediate, and decommission water supply wells and monitoring wells. Recent opportunities show the code buying active work across water infrastructure, orphan oil and gas well plugging, wastewater and stormwater assets, and specialized subsurface diagnostics. State and local issuing bodies include water utilities and districts, state environmental and natural resources departments, county governments, parks and recreation authorities, and special-purpose districts managing water systems and environmental remediation. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board, and the Northwest Florida Water Management District appear as repeat solicitors in the recent record, each posting multiple competitive or direct solicitations for orphan well plugging and well construction work. Geographic spread spans Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, Colorado, and other states, with particular concentration in Michigan's orphan well plugging program under federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding.

Representative recent opportunities include the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board soliciting plugging, remediation, and reclamation of nine orphaned oil and gas wells in Jasper and Jones Counties (IFB RFx No. 3160008162, bids due December 18, 2026); the City of Albany, Georgia seeking sealed bids for Well No. 21 rehabilitation (Bid Ref. 27-032, due November 16, 2026); the Northwest Florida Water Management District awarding well construction and aquifer testing contracts in Bay County, Florida (ITB 26B-003, completed September 1, 2026, with low bid A C Schultes of Florida dba Rowe Drilling at $691,520); the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy offering prequalified contracts for orphan well plugging and site restoration across multiple direct solicitations in Gratiot and Montcalm Counties (proposals due July 21, 2026, ranging 3 to 14 wells per package with total prequalification pool awards of $800,000); and Boulder County Parks and Open Space requesting proposals for installation of six stock water wells on two agricultural properties (RFP-300-26, due September 4, 2026, contract value $350,000). Several solicitations carry Davis-Bacon prevailing wage and Build America, Buy America Act compliance requirements tied to federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or state revolving loan funding. Water utilities dominate the buyer base, followed by state environmental remediation agencies managing abandoned well inventories.