UNSPSC 71121614: Well drilling solids control

UNSPSC 71121614 Well drilling solids control is a Commodity code that encompasses mud engineering, drilling fluids, waste disposal, and solids management services tied to well plugging, drilling, and abandonment operations. State and local governments procure under this code through specialized construction and environmental remediation work on orphaned wells, municipal water supplies, and aquifer storage and recovery facilities. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has dominated recent solicitation activity, issuing four concurrent direct solicitations in mid-July 2026 for plugging, re-drilling, and site restoration across 38 orphan gas storage wells in Gratiot and Montcalm counties, all due July 21, 2026 (Solicitation numbers DS7612600000000322, DS7612600000000332, DS7612600000000352, DS7612600000000342). These opportunities require Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance, unit pricing across 68 line-item matrices covering labor, equipment, cementing services, and mud engineering, and best-value selection on technical factors including key personnel, business-owned equipment, technical experience, and vendor responses. Beyond Michigan's orphan well focus, state and local solicitation under this code spans municipal water well drilling and rehabilitation (City of Bend, Oregon; City of Palm Bay, Florida; Marion County, Florida; Hillsborough County, Florida; Seminole County, Florida) and specialized deep-well construction (City of Lubbock, Texas; Eastern Municipal Water District, California). Issuing bodies include state environmental and natural resources departments, county utilities and public works departments, city water departments, and water districts.

Geographic activity clusters around Florida (Seminole County, Marion County, Collier County, Brevard County) and the Great Lakes region (Michigan), with additional recent opportunities in Texas (Lubbock, Austin), California (Riverside, Santa Cruz), Oregon (Bend, Pendleton), Mississippi (statewide oil and gas board orphan well programs), Illinois (Union County), and Georgia (Helen, McIntosh County, Dalton). Michigan's July 2026 orphan well solicitations represent the most active concentration, requiring prequalification through prior RFPs and attendance at mandatory pre-bid meetings, while Florida's municipal water well work emphasizes technical experience documentation and AWWA standards compliance. Prevailing wage, Davis-Bacon, and build-to-American-content requirements appear consistently across federally funded or publicly owned infrastructure. The code shows steady activity but concentrated in specific geographies and project types—orphan well remediation dominates Michigan and Mississippi, municipal water supply work dominates Florida and the Southwest. Firms pursuing this code need prequalification through state frameworks (Michigan EGLE, Texas GLO, Mississippi OGB), specialized cementing and mud-handling certifications, and demonstrated experience on similar plugging or drilling projects within the past three to five years.