UNSPSC 71122000: Well perforating services

Services to create holes in the casing or liner to achieve efficient communication between the formation and the wellbore.

UNSPSC 71122000 Well perforating services is a Class code describing the plugging, abandonment, and site restoration of orphaned oil, gas, and water supply wells—work state and local governments procure primarily through state environmental and natural resource departments managing infrastructure remediation, county water utilities overseeing groundwater systems, and special districts operating water reclamation facilities. Recent state and local activity concentrates heavily in Michigan, where the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has issued four direct solicitations in July 2026 for plugging and site restoration of 38 orphaned gas storage wells across Gratiot and Montcalm Counties, all with July 21, 2026 response deadlines and requiring prior prequalification through one of five named RFPs. Secondary activity appears across Florida counties (Marion, Seminole, Sarasota, Collier, Brevard) and scattered state departments (Illinois, Mississippi, Texas) procuring well rehabilitation, construction, or abandonment services under ITB, RFQ, and RFP notice types. The Michigan solicitations exemplify the current scope: the state is engaging prequalified contractors to execute Davis-Bacon-compliant plugging operations on named wellheads, requiring unit pricing across comprehensive 68-line-item schedules covering rig configurations, casing materials, wireline services, waste disposal, and site restoration, with evaluation on technical capacity (key personnel, business-owned equipment, company experience, vendor responses) and best-value award. Geographic concentration is strongest in Michigan and Florida, with secondary activity in the upper Midwest and South; the code shows active, recurring procurement appetite among state environmental agencies and regional water authorities managing aging infrastructure and federal orphaned-well remediation programs.

The Michigan opportunities dominate recent posting volume and represent the most immediate near-term pursuit window: four separate direct solicitations issued mid-July 2026 under the state's orphaned wells program, all carrying mandatory pre-proposal meetings on July 9, 2026, at the New Haven Compressor Station, all restricting bidder eligibility to firms holding prior prequalification awards, and all requiring sealed proposals by July 21, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern. Outside Michigan, representative recent opportunities include Seminole County's CC-7100-26 Wastewater Pump Station R & R master service agreement (August 5, 2026 bid deadline) covering 18 service categories at county pump stations under a work-order structure with three-year initial term plus two one-year renewals; the City of Palm Bay's NRO-3 through NRO-6 production wells procurement (April 28, 2026 bid deadline) for construction of four 17.4-inch diameter wells to 850 feet depth in Brevard County; and the Eastern Municipal Water District's RFP #3931 for well maintenance and rehabilitation services in Riverside County (April 23, 2026 deadline) seeking award to a minimum of two firms on a five-year term. Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board, and Texas General Land Office maintain recurring orphaned-well plugging procurements. Contractors pursuing this code face prequalification requirements, prevailing wage compliance (Davis-Bacon or state-level standards), comprehensive insurance mandates ($1–5 million liability thresholds typical), and evaluation favoring experience documentation, equipment ownership, and technical methodology over low price alone.