UNSPSC 71122204: Slickline completion services

Services installing a thin nonelectric cable used for selective placement and retrieval of wellbore hardware, such as plugs, gauges and valves located in sidepocket mandrels.

UNSPSC 71122204 Slickline completion services, Commodity tier, represents well abandonment and plugging services—specifically the mechanical rehabilitation, plugging, and site restoration of orphaned or decommissioned oil and gas wells and municipal water infrastructure. State and local governments procure this work through environmental remediation programs, infrastructure renewal initiatives, and utility system management. Recent solicitations show Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy actively engaged in large-scale orphan well plugging campaigns, with the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board managing multiple federally funded abandonment projects. Florida counties including Sarasota and Marion County solicit well abandonment and water well construction as discrete infrastructure projects, while Texas and California water utilities procure well rehabilitation and maintenance on an on-call or as-needed basis. The code also captures municipal water well drilling, replacement, and improvement work handled by city and county water departments across the country.

Michigan dominates recent activity under this code, with four concurrent direct solicitations posted in mid-July 2026 by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy for plugging and site restoration of 38 orphan gas storage wells in Gratiot and Montcalm counties—the New Haven Energy Section 3 (3 wells, RFP due July 21, 2026), Section 4 (14 wells, RFP due July 21, 2026), Sections 5–10 and Plank (12 wells spanning Gratiot and Montcalm counties, RFP due July 21, 2026), and Sections 31–33 (9 wells, RFP due July 21, 2026)—all requiring prequalification through prior RFPs and mandatory attendance at a July 9 pre-proposal meeting. The Mississippi Oil and Gas Board has issued five concurrent IFBs for orphan well plugging funded through Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act grants, with bids due in April and May 2026 for work spanning multiple counties across the state. Activity also includes singular municipal projects: Sarasota County's single-well abandonment RFQ (due July 10, 2026, capped at $50,000), Seminole County's wastewater pump station maintenance contract (RFP due August 5, 2026), Collier County's NRO Wells 118N and 120N improvements in Florida, and Illinois Department of Natural Resources projects for supplemental irrigation well installation in Union County (bid extended to July 9, 2026) and the Union County Duck Stamp well pump project (due March 18, 2026). Geographic concentration is heaviest in Michigan, Mississippi, and Florida, with secondary activity in Texas, California, Illinois, Georgia, Oregon, and Ohio. Contractors responding to Michigan's work must bid 68 line-item pricing matrices covering labor, equipment, and specialized services, comply with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, and achieve minimum technical scores of 80 points across key personnel, equipment ownership, experience, and vendor questionnaires for best-value award consideration; work start dates range from late 2026 into 2027.