UNSPSC 71121905: Fluid waste management service

Service and associated equipment for the treatment or disposal of fluids utilized in the drilling process

UNSPSC 71121905 Fluid waste management service is a Commodity code for work that state and local governments solicit under this classification ranges from well plugging and abandonment to irrigation system installation, well maintenance, and wastewater infrastructure repair — a mix of subsurface site remediation, water infrastructure rehabilitation, and ancillary fluid containment and disposal services. The issuing bodies include state environmental and energy departments (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy; Mississippi Oil and Gas Board; Illinois Department of Natural Resources), municipalities (City of DeBary, Florida; City of Albany, Georgia; City of Lubbock, Texas; City of Ocala, Florida), counties (Escambia County, Florida; Sarasota County, Florida; Seminole County, Florida; Gwinnett County, Georgia; Hillsborough County, Florida), water districts (Hilldale Water District, Mississippi), parks departments (Oregon Parks and Recreation Department; Boulder County Parks and Open Space), and utilities serving state facilities (Illinois Department of Corrections). Repeat buyers include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, which has posted multiple direct solicitations for orphan well plugging across prequalified contractor pools, and Illinois Department of Corrections, which has solicited well video survey and casing repair at correctional facilities multiple times.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida, Michigan, Georgia, Mississippi, and Oregon, with secondary activity in Illinois, Texas, Colorado, and Maryland. Representative current opportunities include the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board IFB for plugging, remediation, and reclamation of nine orphaned oil and gas wells in Jasper and Jones Counties, Mississippi (bids due December 18, 2026), the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy direct solicitation for the Gilbert Orphan Well Plugging project in Kent County (proposals due October 12, 2026, restricted to prequalified vendors), the City of Albany RFQ for rehabilitation and upgrade of Well No. 21 (bids due November 16, 2026), and Escambia County Waste Services Department invitation to quote for installation of three monitoring wells at the Klondike Landfill (ITQ responses due September 16, 2026 — deadline passed). Orphan well plugging work dominates current Michigan and Mississippi activity and is federally funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements. Well maintenance, repair, and replacement projects across Florida municipalities and Georgia water utilities span routine service and capital improvement initiatives, many funded through state revolving loan funds with Build America, Buy America Act compliance mandates.