UNSPSC 71121616: Well drilling supervision

Labor to oversee drilling procedures.

UNSPSC 71121616 Well drilling supervision is a Commodity code covering on-site technical oversight and direction of well drilling, plugging, and abandonment operations—the hands-on management of drilling crews, equipment, and site conditions during active well construction and remediation. State and local governments buy this code primarily through environmental agencies managing orphaned oil and gas wells, water utilities drilling production and monitoring wells, and municipal water districts maintaining groundwater infrastructure. Recent solicitations show heavy activity in well plugging for environmental remediation, production well construction for municipal water systems, and pump station rehabilitation tied to well infrastructure.

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy dominates recent activity with four concurrent direct solicitations (posted July 16 and 29, 2026) for orphan gas storage well plugging across Gratiot and Montcalm counties—covering 38 total wells in New Haven Energy LLC fields with July 21, 2026 response deadlines. Mississippi's Oil and Gas Board is active with multiple bids for orphaned well remediation through Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding. Florida counties (Marion, Collier, Sarasota, Hillsborough, Seminole) are soliciting production well construction, monitoring well replacement, and wastewater pump station rehabilitation. Texas and California see activity in water treatment plant wells and recycled water infrastructure. Illinois and Wisconsin round out the geographic spread with state-level well drilling and municipal rehabilitation projects. Michigan's orphan well program represents the most concentrated recent volume, with prequalification requirements (five prior RFPs numbered 210000000834, 220000000547, 220000001850, 220000002631, 240000000951) creating a closed pool of qualified bidders attending mandatory pre-bid meetings and submitting detailed 68-line-item pricing matrices with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage schedules ranging $39.57–$41.32 per hour plus fringe. Evaluation favors technical qualifications (key personnel, equipment ownership, experience, vendor responses) equally at 25 points each with 80-point minimums for award consideration on best-value selection, not lowest price.