UNSPSC 71121630: Well planning services

Modeling, data and computer services used for well planning.

UNSPSC 71121630 Well planning services is a Commodity code encompassing the design, survey, assessment, and permitting work that precedes or accompanies well drilling, installation, rehabilitation, and abandonment across water supply, irrigation, monitoring, and orphan oil-and-gas remediation projects. Recent state and local opportunities show a mix of standalone planning and assessment contracts—color video surveys, thermographic inspections, exploratory drilling programs, and pre-construction permitting—alongside integrated procurement bundles in which well planning is embedded within full construction-delivery RFPs and IFBs. Issuing bodies span state environmental and energy agencies (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy; Mississippi Oil and Gas Board; Illinois Department of Natural Resources), municipal water utilities (City of Albany, City of Lubbock, City of Reynolds), county water and parks departments (Boulder County Parks and Open Space, Sarasota County, Escambia County Waste Services), and special districts (Hillsborough County, San Bernardino County). The code sees active bidding across Michigan (orphan oil and gas well assessment and prequalification vehicles), Mississippi (orphan well remediation and new well construction), Florida (monitoring well installation, water well rehabilitation, well abandonment), Georgia (deep well and chemical feed building design), Colorado (stock water well location and permitting), Illinois (supplemental irrigation well), and Texas (water treatment plant and utility design).

Representative recent opportunities include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy prequalification RFP for oil and gas well plugging and site restoration services (RFP 7612600000025222, proposals due September 22, 2026), which required detailed technical submissions on key personnel, business-owned equipment, and company experience with a five-year contract term and potential for 10-plus wells per package at depths of 1,000–4,000 feet; the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board IFB for plugging, remediation, and reclamation of nine orphaned wells (IFB 3160008162, bids due December 18, 2026), requiring turnkey plugging plans, remediation scope, and Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance under federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding; the City of Albany IFB for Well No. 21 rehabilitation (bid due November 16, 2026), a capital-funded municipal water project with sealed bids and site visits; and the Boulder County Parks and Open Space RFP for installation of six stock water wells across two agricultural lease properties (RFP-300-26, proposals due September 4, 2026) with a $350,000 contract value, permitting responsibility, and December 31, 2027 completion deadline. Well planning activity is driven primarily by aging municipal water infrastructure, federal orphan well remediation programs, and state revolving loan fund water system improvements, with most opportunities requiring state-specific licensing, insurance, prevailing wage compliance where federally funded, and detailed technical qualifications.