UNSPSC 71122400: Well testing services

Services for well tests conducted with the drillstring still in the hole includes non-destructing testing services.

UNSPSC 71122400 Well testing services is a Class code describing the plugging, abandonment, rehabilitation, and site restoration of water supply wells, irrigation wells, monitoring wells, and orphaned oil and gas wells that state and local governments currently procure. State and local buyers include departments of environment and natural resources, municipal water utilities, county utilities departments, county water management districts, and state oil and gas boards. Recent solicitations reflect active procurement across well plugging for orphaned oil and gas wells, municipal water well construction and rehabilitation, and comprehensive site restoration including equipment removal, environmental remediation, and reclamation. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy is conducting four direct solicitations (posted July 16, 2026, with proposals due July 21, 2026) for plugging and site restoration of 38 orphan gas storage wells across Gratiot and Montcalm counties, each restricting bidders to vendors prequalified through prior RFPs and requiring attendance at mandatory pre-proposal meetings. Scope spans labor (multiple Davis-Bacon wage classifications), equipment rental (pole and derrick rigs), drilling fluids and materials, cementing, wireline services, waste disposal, and site preparation and restoration, with 68 line-item pricing matrices, detailed project timelines, and technical scoring weighted on key personnel, business-owned equipment, experience, and vendor questions.

The issuing-body mix tilts heavily toward state environmental and natural resources departments and municipal water utilities, with standout repeat activity from Michigan EGLE and emerging activity from county-level water systems in Florida and California. Geographic concentration centers on Michigan (Gratiot County in particular), Florida (Sarasota, Seminole, Hillsborough, Marion, Volusia, and Collier counties), Mississippi (through the Oil and Gas Board), Texas, California, Oregon, Georgia, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Representative recent opportunities include the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board issuing three competitive sealed bids for orphan well plugging and reclamation across multiple counties (posted March 2026, proposals due April 13–28, 2026); Hillsborough County, Florida soliciting a two-year water well maintenance and repair contract estimated at $688,073 (ITB posted May 19, 2026, due June 12, 2026); the City of Watertown, Wisconsin requesting well rehabilitation proposals including brushing, airburst treatment, chemical treatment, and yield testing (RFP posted April 15, 2026, due April 28, 2026); Marion County, Florida procuring construction of four new potable water production wells (IFB posted April 14, 2026, due May 21, 2026); and the Eastern Municipal Water District in California soliciting well maintenance and rehabilitation on an on-call basis across 32 wells and multiple booster pump locations (RFP posted April 2, 2026, due April 24, 2026, with a maximum contract value of $2.8 million over five years). Prevailing wage requirements (Davis-Bacon Act, state prevailing wage laws, and California Labor Code Section 1770) consistently apply; most solicitations require contractor licensure (California C-57 Well Drilling, Florida Water Management District certification, or state professional engineering credentials), carry no explicit disadvantaged-enterprise set-asides, and award on best value or lowest responsive responsible bidder.