UNSPSC 71121628: Ultra short radius directional well drilling services

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

UNSPSC 71121628 Ultra short radius directional well drilling services is a Commodity code. State and local governments procuring under this code are actually buying well drilling, plugging, rehabilitation, and abandonment services across municipal water systems, landfill operations, agricultural properties, and orphan oil and gas well remediation. Recent solicitations show cities, counties, state environmental departments, and water districts issuing ITBs, RFPs, and RFQs for new well construction (including deep wells with pump and electrical systems), well casing repair and video surveys, well abandonment and plugging to regulatory specifications, and emergency or routine maintenance at existing facilities. The work spans drilling to varied depths (from shallow 50-foot monitoring wells to 1,850-foot exploratory wells and 10,700-foot oil and gas wells), installation of specialized equipment (pumps, controllers, chemical feed systems), and site restoration compliant with state environmental and water quality regulations.

State and local issuing bodies include county environmental and public works departments (Sarasota County, Seminole County, Hillsborough County in Florida; Kent County, Gratiot County, and Montcalm County in Michigan), city water and parks departments (DeBary, Albany, Austin, Ocala, Reynolds, Wrens in Georgia and Florida; Lubbock in Texas; Bend in Oregon), regional water districts (Hilldale Water District in Mississippi; San Bernardino County Service Areas in California), state environmental and natural resources agencies (Michigan Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department), and a state correctional facility (Illinois Department of Corrections). Activity is concentrated in Florida (DeBary, Ocala, Sarasota, Seminole, Hillsborough Counties; multiple well maintenance contracts), Michigan (Gilbert orphan well plugging, New Haven Energy gas storage wells, prequalification RFPs), Mississippi (Pascagoula, Jasper and Jones Counties orphan wells, Hilldale Water District), and Georgia (Albany, Reynolds, Wrens), with additional recent work posted from Illinois, Oregon, Colorado, Texas, and California. Representative recent opportunities include the City of DeBary's Rob Sullivan Park Irrigation Improvements (Bid 03-15, $90,000 hunter system conversion, April 10, 2015 deadline, now expired); the State of Michigan's Gilbert Orphan Well Plugging project (Direct Solicitation, Kent County, October 2026 award); the City of Albany's Well No. 21 Rehabilitation (IFB, sealed bids November 16, 2026 at 2:30 p.m., Procurement Division); the Michigan Department of Environment's prequalification for Oil & Gas Services (RFP 260000002522, five contractors awarded October 2026 totaling $800,000 for one year five months, Lease Management Inc., M&A Energy Services, NuPointe Energy, Plants and Goodwin, and Team Services); and the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board's plugging of nine orphaned wells in Jasper and Jones Counties (IFB RFx No. 3160008162, sealed bids December 18, 2026, mandatory pre-bid October 22). Wastewater pump station work, water treatment plant design, and landfill gas extraction well drilling also appear under this code, though marginally related to the nominal scope. The code shows steady activity across multiple states and issuing bodies, with both one-time projects and prequalified vendor pools supporting ongoing orphan well plugging work funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.