UNSPSC 71122302: Subsea well remote operation vehicle rov services

Services to provide and operate and repair remote operated vehicles.

UNSPSC 71122302 Subsea well remote operation vehicle ROV services is a Commodity-tier code that spans well abandonment, plugging, and rehabilitation work—not subsea operations. Recent state and local solicitations reveal that governments buy comprehensive orphan and abandoned well remediation services under this code: plugging and site restoration for gas storage wells, irrigation wells, potable water production wells, and monitoring wells. Work includes well drilling, re-drilling, casing and tubing installation, cementing, wireline services, equipment removal, site preparation, and full site restoration. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has issued four concurrent solicitations in July 2026 (DS7612600000000322, DS7612600000000332, DS7612600000000352, and DS7612600000000342) for orphan gas storage well plugging across Gratiot and Montcalm counties—totaling 38 wells operated by New Haven Energy LLC—with July 21, 2026 response deadlines. These direct solicitations restrict bidding to vendors prequalified through prior RFPs and require attendance at mandatory pre-proposal meetings. Work is subject to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, with roustabout laborers, toolpushers, and rig operators earning $39.57 to $41.32 per hour plus $25.25 to $40.00 in fringe benefits. All bids must itemize 68 line-item pricing matrices and provide detailed project timelines segmented by site prep, mobilization, plugging, and restoration phases. Technical evaluation uses four equally weighted 25-point criteria: key personnel, business-owned equipment adequacy, company technical experience, and vendor questions responses, with an 80-point minimum threshold for award consideration. Best value, not lowest price, determines winner selection, and all rates remain firm for the project duration.

Recent activity concentrates in Michigan and Florida counties, with additional solicitations from Illinois, Mississippi, California, Texas, Oregon, and Georgia. Seminole County, Florida (Project CC-7100-26/HSM) posted an invitation for wastewater pump station maintenance and repair services with an August 5, 2026 deadline, though this scope—pump replacement, electrical work, and confined space operations—does not align with the ROV services code. Sarasota County seeks well abandonment and exploratory well construction services (Solicitations 2026QQ759 and 262878MH) due July 10 and July 29, 2026, with a $50,000 cap on well abandonment work. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources issued a small-business set-aside for Union County supplemental irrigation well installation and pump system work (IFB 26-422DNR-LNDMG-B-52982) with a July 9, 2026 bid deadline and mandatory pre-bid meeting June 25, 2026. The Mississippi Oil and Gas Board, funded through Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act orphan wells grants, has solicited plugging and reclamation services for multiple orphaned oil and gas wells (IFBs 3160007967, 3160007966, and 3160007881) with April and May 2026 deadlines and requirements for five years' prior experience, insurance compliance, and prevailing wage adherence. The code shows substantial recent activity concentrated in summer 2026 across Midwest and Deep South jurisdictions, with Davis-Bacon wage floors and infrastructure-program funding typical of current volume.