UNSPSC 71122409: Surface well testing services

Services to include exploration well testing, clean up or flow backs and inline testing of existing wells. Includes flowing the well through temporary production facilities while pressure, temperature and flow rate measurements are made.

UNSPSC 71122409 Surface well testing services (Commodity) represents well abandonment, plugging, and site restoration work that state and local governments procure to decommission orphan wells, manage end-of-life well infrastructure, and remediate sites post-closure. Recent solicitations show the code capturing a mix of activities: orphan gas storage well plugging in Michigan, potable water well construction and rehabilitation in Florida and other states, irrigation well installation in Illinois, and related groundwater infrastructure projects. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy dominates recent activity, issuing four concurrent direct solicitations in July 2026 for plugging and site restoration of 38 orphan gas storage wells across Gratiot and Montcalm counties—requiring prequalified contractors, Davis-Bacon prevailing wages, unit pricing across 68 line items, and best-value award selection. Secondary issuing bodies include county utilities departments (Seminole County, Florida; Hillsborough County, Florida; Collier County, Florida), municipalities (City of Lubbock, City of Bend, City of Pendleton), special districts (Eastern Municipal Water District, San Bernardino County Department of Public Works), and state environmental and natural resources agencies (Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board, Texas General Land Office, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality equivalent). Work spans plugging labor, rig services, cementing, wireline operations, waste disposal, site restoration, pump removal and rehabilitation, well development, and specialized testing and compliance documentation.

Geographic activity concentrates in Michigan (four concurrent July 2026 solicitations for orphan well work), Florida (county-level pump station and well projects across Seminole, Hillsborough, Marion, Collier, and Sarasota counties), California (Eastern Municipal Water District, San Bernardino County groundwater services), and emerging federal-partnership programs in Mississippi, Texas, and Illinois targeting orphan well remediation under Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding. Recent representative opportunities include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy issuing solicitations DS7612600000000322, DS7612600000000332, DS7612600000000352, and DS7612600000000342 for orphan well plugging and site restoration (direct solicitation, proposals due July 21, 2026); Seminole County Board of County Commissioners issuing CC710026HSMA for wastewater pump station maintenance, repair, and refurbishment (IFB, proposals due August 5, 2026); Hillsborough County issuing ITB-26-00234 for water well maintenance and repair services estimated at $688,073.00 across 67 irrigation and potable wells (sealed bids due June 12, 2026); and Collier County issuing Bid 25-8418 for NRO Wells 118N and 120N improvements with a project budget of $2.9 million (sealed bids due October 8, 2025, subsequently updated). Activity patterns show strong state and regional concentration in orphan well remediation driven by federal grant programs and aging groundwater infrastructure requiring rehabilitation or decommissioning.