UNSPSC 71122500: Water or gas control services

Services designed to isolate and test water or gas control to modify relative permeability of water or gas.

UNSPSC 71122500 Water or gas control services, a Class code, encompasses the drilling, plugging, abandonment, testing, surveying, maintenance, and repair of water supply wells, irrigation systems, and orphan oil and gas wells. State and local governments procure under this code to maintain potable water infrastructure, support agricultural irrigation, address decommissioned energy wells, and manage wastewater systems. Recent solicitations show municipalities and counties issuing RFPs, RFQs, and IFBs for well drilling and installation ($350,000 to $688,073 contract values in recent awards), well rehabilitation and replacement, plugging of orphan wells under federal remediation programs, irrigation system upgrades, pump station repair, and ancillary services including video surveying, casing repair, and water quality testing. State environmental departments and county utilities departments drive a significant portion of activity, particularly in orphan well remediation funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Issuing bodies include state departments of environment and natural resources, county boards of commissioners, city water and utilities departments, park and recreation authorities, and independent special districts.

Recent activity clusters in Michigan, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, California, Oregon, Texas, and Colorado. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has issued multiple direct solicitations and prequalification RFPs for orphan well plugging across Gratiot and Montcalm Counties throughout summer 2026, all restricted to prequalified vendors and subject to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements. Mississippi's Oil and Gas Board solicited bids for plugging and reclamation of nine and ten orphan wells across multiple counties under IFBs due August 28 and December 18, 2026. Sarasota County issued an IFB for a $1.85 million exploratory monitoring well in July 2026; the City of DeBary, Florida procured irrigation system improvements for $90,000 (mandatory pre-bid March 25, 2015); Hillsborough County established a two-year water well maintenance contract estimated at $688,073 with bids due June 12, 2026; Boulder County issued an RFP for six stock water wells on agricultural leases totaling $350,000 with proposals due September 4, 2026; and the City of Albany, Georgia solicited well rehabilitation (bids due November 16, 2026) and the City of Wrens, Georgia sought well construction funded through state revolving loan funds (bids due September 3, 2026). Gwinnett County in Georgia issued a bid for pump station grinder replacement and infrastructure upgrades (bids due November 20, 2026). The Illinois Department of Corrections issued multiple quotes for color video surveys and well casing repair at a correctional facility, and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources solicited a small-business-set-aside well drilling and pump installation for a wildlife area (bids due July 9, 2026). The California Military Department requested bids for soil vapor gas and groundwater monitoring wells at a military maintenance facility (bids due September 25, 2026) with a 5% DVBE participation goal. The City of Austin Parks and Recreation sought well maintenance and service bids with a local business preference (bids due October 1, 2026). Escambia County in Florida requested quotes for three monitoring well installations (deadline passed September 16, 2026) with a hard-filter requirement for Florida FDEP water well contractor licensure.