UNSPSC 71121624: Well drilling pipe threading

Creating threads on drill pipe ends.

UNSPSC 71121624 Well drilling pipe threading (Commodity) covers equipment installation and well infrastructure work, but recent state and local opportunities under this code show substantial activity in orphan well plugging, abandonment, and site restoration—work that involves comprehensive well operations beyond the narrow commodity scope of pipe threading alone. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy dominates recent solicitation activity with four direct solicitations posted in July 2026 for plugging and restoration of 38 orphan gas storage wells across Gratiot and Montcalm counties; these are the most prominent recent opportunities, structured as RFPs with responses due July 21, 2026, restricted to vendors prequalified through prior Michigan RFPs. Beyond Michigan, state and local bodies across Florida, California, Mississippi, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, Georgia, and Wisconsin have issued recent solicitations for well drilling, well maintenance and rehabilitation, monitoring well replacement, production well construction, and pump station services—a far broader operational scope than pipe threading. The issuing bodies span state environmental and natural resources departments, county water utilities, municipal water systems, and water management districts, with repeat activity from Florida counties (Seminole, Sarasota, Marion, Collier, Volusia, Hillsborough) and specialized procurement from transit, solid waste, and regional water authorities.

Geographic activity concentrates in Florida (Seminole, Sarasota, Marion, Brevard, Collier, Volusia, and Hillsborough counties), Michigan (Gratiot and Montcalm counties), California (Riverside and San Bernardino counties), and Mississippi, with additional solicitations from Illinois, Oregon, Texas, Georgia, and Wisconsin. Representative recent opportunities include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's direct solicitations for orphan well plugging in Gratiot County (RFP, proposals due July 21, 2026), Seminole County, Florida's invitation for bid on wastewater pump station R&R (IFB, due August 5, 2026), the Eastern Municipal Water District's well maintenance and rehabilitation RFP in California (RFP, due April 23, 2026), and San Bernardino County's on-call well and pump maintenance RFQ (RFQ, due August 31, 2026, up to $2.8 million over five years). The code shows limited recent activity aligned with its stated scope of pipe threading itself; the active procurement landscape reflects state and local demand for turnkey well abandonment, plugging, maintenance, construction, and rehabilitation services funded through state environmental remediation programs, utility capital budgets, and federal orphaned wells initiatives.