UNSPSC 71121706: Oilfield fishing or drilling services

UNSPSC 71121706 Oilfield fishing or drilling services, Commodity tier—represents work that state and local governments buy to plug, abandon, and remediate orphaned oil and gas wells, restore drill sites, and maintain water infrastructure wells. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has dominated recent activity, posting four direct solicitations in July 2026 for plugging and site restoration across 38 total orphan gas storage wells in Gratiot and Montcalm counties operated by New Haven Energy LLC. Work under this code spans comprehensive well abandonment—plugging, re-drilling, casing and tubing rental, wireline services, cementing, mud engineering, waste disposal, heavy equipment operation, and site preparation and restoration—all subject to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements when federally funded. Mississippi Oil and Gas Board, Texas General Land Office, Texas Railroad Commission, and various Florida, California, and other state water authorities also solicit under or near this code for well maintenance, rehabilitation, exploratory drilling, and high-hazard (H2S) well services. The issuing bodies mix state energy and environmental agencies (Michigan EGLE, Texas General Land Office, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board), state water resource divisions, and county and municipal utilities departments pursuing water supply or wastewater infrastructure. Michigan's New Haven orphan-well initiative stands out as the largest recent concentration.

Geographic activity clusters in Michigan (Gratiot and Montcalm counties), Mississippi (multiple counties statewide), Texas (statewide RFQs from Railroad Commission and General Land Office), and dispersed Florida counties (Sarasota, Seminole, Marion, Collier, Brevard, Volusia). Representative recent opportunities include Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's Orphan Well New Haven Sections 3, 4, 31-33, and Sections 5-10 & Plank 1 direct solicitations (DS 7612600000000322, DS 7612600000000332, DS 7612600000000352, DS 7612600000000342) with proposals due July 21, 2026, restricting bids to vendors prequalified through prior RFPs and requiring mandatory attendance at pre-proposal meetings July 9, 2026; Mississippi Oil and Gas Board's Invitation for Bids for orphan well plugging covering seven wells statewide (IFB 3160007967, due May 11, 2026) and three wells across Issaquena and Madison counties (IFB 3160007966, due April 28, 2026); and Texas General Land Office's statewide high-H2S well services RFQ (RFQ 455-26-1020, due May 5, 2026). All recent Michigan solicitations require prequalification, firm pricing with no changes permitted, lump-sum technical evaluation scoring (minimum 80 points across key personnel, owned equipment, technical experience, and vendor questions), and best-value rather than lowest-price award. Prevailing wage, Davis-Bacon compliance, and federal infrastructure funding (IIJA Orphan Wells Program in Mississippi and Texas) are standard across the largest opportunities.