UNSPSC 71121632: Well drilling deviation control

Services to help maintain a true vertical well path.

UNSPSC 71121632 Well drilling deviation control is a Commodity code covering well abandonment, plugging, and remediation services that state and local governments procure to decommission orphaned, failing, or surplus water, gas storage, and oil and gas wells. The work includes drilling operations, well sealing with cement, site restoration, and environmental compliance tied to contamination prevention and regulatory closure. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code span state environmental and natural resources agencies, county utilities departments, municipal water systems, and special-purpose water districts. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has posted the most recent activity, issuing four direct solicitations in July 2026 for orphan gas storage well plugging across Gratiot and Montcalm counties totaling 38 wells. These direct solicitations (DS7612600000000321, DS7612600000000322, DS7612600000000331, and DS7612600000000342) all carry July 21, 2026 proposal deadlines and require prequalification through prior RFP vehicles. Work scope includes well plugging, drilling, site restoration, infrastructure removal, and Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance. Evaluation is technical and qualification-based on key personnel, business-owned equipment, technical experience, and vendor responses—minimum 80-point threshold required for award consideration on a best-value standard.

Recent opportunities cluster in the Great Lakes and Southeast regions. Michigan's orphan gas storage program dominates current activity with multiple simultaneous procurements. Florida utilities—Seminole County (July 13 IFB for wastewater pump station maintenance and repair with August 5 deadline), Sarasota County (two separate well-related procurements in June and July 2026), and Hillsborough County (May 2026 water well maintenance contract estimated at $688,073 over two years)—show consistent well and pump service demand. Additional activity appears in Texas (City of Lubbock water treatment design, Union County State Fish and Wildlife well and pump installation under Small Business Set-Aside), Illinois (Union County supplemental irrigation well installation with small business restriction), Mississippi (multiple orphan well plugging contracts funded through IIJA), California (San Bernardino County on-call well maintenance with maximum $2.8 million five-year value; Eastern Municipal Water District well maintenance RFP), and Oregon (City of Bend and City of Pendleton well improvement projects). Geographic diversity and federal funding through Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act grants signal sustained activity in well infrastructure renewal and orphan well remediation across the lower 48 states, with particular concentration in energy-producing states and water-stressed regions managing aging municipal well systems.