UNSPSC 71121810: Electronic submersible pump lifting services

Installation or service of downhole pump that is electrically driven

UNSPSC 71121810 Electronic submersible pump lifting services is a Commodity code whose nominal title bears little relation to what state and local governments are actually procuring under it. Recent solicitations tagged to this code show a pronounced mismatch: the actual work spans well drilling, well plugging and abandonment, pump station equipment replacement, wastewater aeration systems, and irrigation system installation — a diverse portfolio of water-infrastructure and environmental remediation activities that falls well outside any coherent definition of "electronic submersible pump lifting." The code appears to function as a catch-all classification for subsurface water and waste management work rather than as a precision category. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include water districts, county utilities departments, city parks and recreation departments, state environmental and natural resources agencies, and municipal water systems. The geographic spread of recent activity spans Florida (Hillsborough County, Sarasota County, Escambia County, and the City of Albany), Michigan (multiple Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy orphan-well projects in Kent, Gratiot, and Montcalm Counties), Georgia (City of Reynolds, City of Wrens, City of Albany), Mississippi (Mississippi Oil and Gas Board, Hilldale Water District, City of Pascagoula), Illinois (Department of Corrections, Department of Natural Resources), Texas (City of Austin, Texas Parks and Wildlife), Colorado (Boulder County), and Oregon (Oregon Parks and Recreation Department).

Representative recent opportunities illustrate the work mix: the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy issued multiple direct solicitations in July 2026 for plugging, drilling, and site restoration of orphan gas storage wells across Gratiot, Montcalm, and Kent Counties (responses due July 21, 2026 for closed prequalified-vendor competitions); the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board requested sealed bids for plugging and remediation of nine orphaned wells in Jasper and Jones Counties under IFB RFx No. 3160008162, with bids due December 18, 2026; the Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners issued ITB 26-00234 for a two-year water well maintenance and repair services contract estimated at $688,073 for 67 irrigation and potable wells, with bids due June 12, 2026; and the City of Ocala issued multiple RFQs for demolition and structure removal (not well-related), indicating tag misalignment within this code family. Activity is heaviest in Michigan (driven by Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act orphan-well-remediation funding), Florida (routine municipal and county well maintenance and pump-station work), and Mississippi and Georgia (state-funded water infrastructure projects). The code shows consistent activity but warrants vendor scrutiny of actual solicitation scope before pursuit, as the UNSPSC classification does not reliably predict work type.