UNSPSC 71121626: Short radius directional well drilling services

Drilling wells which typically have a curvature radius of 20 to 45 feet, usually dug outwards from a previously drilled vertical well.

UNSPSC 71121626 Short radius directional well drilling services is a Commodity code for work that state and local governments are procuring to plug orphan and abandoned oil and gas wells, drill water supply wells, and perform related well abandonment and maintenance tasks. The recent opportunities show that the code's nominal scope (directional drilling) does not match the actual work being solicited — state and local buyers are instead issuing solicitations for well plugging and abandonment under federal orphan-well remediation programs, water infrastructure projects funded through state revolving loans and USDA rural development, and routine municipal water well maintenance and repair. The issuing bodies are state environmental and energy departments (Michigan EGLE, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board), cities and counties (Pascagoula, Reynolds, Wrens, Albany, DeBary, Austin, Lubbock), water and sanitation districts (Hillsborough County, San Bernardino County), state parks authorities (Oregon Parks and Recreation, Texas Parks and Wildlife), and special districts (Escambia County Waste Services, Boulder County Parks). Repeat buyers include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, which has issued multiple direct solicitations for orphan well plugging across Gratiot and Montcalm Counties under prequalified contractor vehicles, and Hillsborough County, which has posted solicitations for both well maintenance-and-repair services and proprietary aeration equipment installation.

Recent activity clusters in Michigan (with significant orphan-well plugging demand funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), Florida (well maintenance, monitoring-well installation, and exploratory drilling), Georgia (water supply well construction and rehabilitation), Mississippi (orphan well plugging and new water-well construction), Illinois (supplemental irrigation well installation and well casing repair), and Texas (water treatment plant design and pump-station maintenance). Representative solicitations include the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board IFB for plugging nine orphaned oil and gas wells in Jasper and Jones Counties due December 18, 2026 (RFx No. 3160008162), the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy prequalification RFP for orphan well plugging and restoration services due September 22, 2026 (RFP 7612600000025222), the City of Albany IFB for Well No. 21 rehabilitation due November 16, 2026, and Hillsborough County ITB 26-00234 for water well maintenance and repair at 67 county wells due June 12, 2026 at $688,073.00 estimated value. Set-asides and preferences vary — Michigan applies qualified disabled veteran and service-disabled veteran-owned business status consideration; Mississippi and Illinois impose prevailing wage requirements under Davis-Bacon Act or state prevailing wage statutes; some procurements carry small business or MBE participation goals. The code shows little activity aligned with its nominal directional-drilling scope; buyers are treating it as a catch-all for all well-related construction, repair, and abandonment work.