UNSPSC 71122111: Sand control lab testing services

Testing prior to pumping a sand control treatment would include fluid suitability tests, formation sand analysis to determine proper gravel sizing, compatibility testing between carrying fluid and formation fluids, carrying fluid quality control tests, etc.

UNSPSC 71122111 Sand control lab testing services, a Commodity code, does not align with state and local procurement activity reflected in the recent opportunities block. The source records twenty-eight recent solicitations under this code, spanning July 2026 back to January 2026, yet none of them involve sand control lab testing or laboratory analysis of sand production in hydrocarbon wells—the scope that the code's name implies. Instead, the recent opportunities uniformly document well drilling, completion, plugging, rehabilitation, and associated site restoration work: orphan well abandonment across Michigan, water well construction in Florida, Texas, Mississippi, California, Oregon, and elsewhere, plus pump maintenance, wastewater infrastructure repair, and engineering design for municipal water systems. A single outlier appears—a 2026 RFP from the University of Texas at San Antonio for campus natural gas testing and repair services—which also falls outside the code's nominal scope. The tag is a classification mismatch. State and local buyers are actively procuring well and pump services under this code number, but they are not purchasing sand control lab testing. A business development professional treating this code as an entry point to sand-control work would find little relevance in the recent activity; conversely, a firm pursuing water or orphan well work might find the code number misleading if used as a primary search filter.

The issuing bodies are predominantly municipal water utilities, county governments, state environmental and natural resource departments, and special-purpose water and solid waste districts across multiple states. Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has posted four large direct solicitations (July 2026) for orphan well plugging in Gratiot County under prequalification, each with July 21 deadlines. Seminole County, Florida (both May and July 2026) and Hillsborough County, Florida have issued IFBs and ITBs for wastewater pump station and water well maintenance. Sarasota County, Florida; Volusia County, Florida; Marion County, Florida; and Collier County, Florida have all posted water-well-related RFQs and IFBs. Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board, Texas General Land Office, and the Railroad Commission of Texas have solicited orphan well plugging under federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding. California's Eastern Municipal Water District and San Bernardino County, along with municipal utilities in Oregon, Washington, and Georgia, have posted maintenance, design, and construction solicitations. Activity is heaviest in Florida, Michigan, Mississippi, Texas, and California, with scattered procurement in Illinois, Oregon, Georgia, Arizona, and other states.