UNSPSC 71122317: Deepwater subsea riser system service

Services for Inspection, Installation, Functional and pressure testing ,Repair, Maintenance and preservation, Test data acquisition and post-processing, Refurbishment, Repair of well containment free-standing hybrid risers, fluid transfer system between a temporary production riser and a drillship etc.

UNSPSC 71122317 Deepwater subsea riser system service is a Commodity code with no recent state and local procurement activity aligned to its nominal scope. The code's abstract definition—deepwater oil and gas subsea infrastructure—does not map to the solicitations tagged under it in the state and local market. Instead, the recent opportunities cluster around water infrastructure work: municipal well drilling, pump installation, well abandonment and plugging, irrigation system upgrades, wastewater pump station repair, and water treatment plant design. These are fundamentally terrestrial water and wastewater utilities services, not deepwater subsea riser systems. The issuing bodies span city water departments (DeBary, Albany, Reynolds, Lubbock, Ocala, Wrens, Pascagoula), county utilities (Hillsborough, Seminole, Gwinnett, Sarasota, Escambia, Boulder), state environmental and natural resources agencies (Michigan EGLE, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board, Illinois Department of Corrections and Natural Resources, Texas Parks and Wildlife), special districts (San Bernardino County Service Areas), and transit or park authorities. A standout pattern emerges: multiple Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) orphan well plugging solicitations dominate the recent postings, reflecting federally funded infrastructure initiatives under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

The geographic spread is broad but concentrated in the South and Upper Midwest. Michigan leads with dozens of orphan well plugging RFPs and direct solicitations (Gilbert, New Haven Energy sections across Gratiot and Montcalm counties) posted through October 2026. Mississippi follows with orphan well plugging projects across Jasper, Jones, Adams, and Walthall counties under the state Oil and Gas Board. Florida shows sustained activity with Hillsborough County water well maintenance (estimated $688,073 over two years), Sarasota County well abandonment and exploratory drilling, and multiple City of Ocala demolition and structure removal RFQs. Georgia, Illinois, Texas, Colorado, and Oregon round out the geographic footprint. Representative recent opportunities include the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board's sealed bid for nine orphaned well plugging projects in Jasper and Jones counties (IFB due December 18, 2026), the Michigan EGLE's closed-competition direct solicitation for the Gilbert 1 Orphan Well in Kent County (proposals due October 12, 2026, restricted to prequalified vendors), and Hillsborough County's invitation to bid for water well maintenance and repair across 67 county parks (ITB due June 12, 2026, estimated at $688,073). None of these solicitations involve deepwater subsea riser systems; the code mismatch is complete. State and local governments are not buying subsea infrastructure—they are buying well drilling, plugging, abandonment, and pump maintenance. Firms pursuing this code should treat it as inactive for state and local procurement purposes and flag the taxonomy misalignment with procurement offices.