UNSPSC 71122505: Water or gas testing services

Sample testing of water or gas.

UNSPSC 71122505 Water or gas testing services is a Commodity code encompassing well abandonment, plugging, and rehabilitation work that state and local governments procure to decommission orphan wells, maintain potable and irrigation water systems, and remediate contaminated groundwater sites. Recent solicitations show state environmental agencies, counties, and water utilities issuing IFBs and RFPs for plugging services at abandoned gas storage wells, rehabilitation of aging municipal production wells, and comprehensive testing and maintenance of active groundwater infrastructure. The work spans mechanical brushing and airburst treatment, chemical disinfection, video logging, pump removal and reinstallation, aquifer performance testing, and site restoration. Issuing bodies include state departments of environment and energy (Michigan, Texas, Mississippi, Illinois), county water authorities (Hillsborough, Marion, Volusia, Collier in Florida; San Bernardino in California; Union and other Illinois counties), municipal water utilities (Lubbock, Bend, Pendleton, Santa Cruz, Palm Bay, Pascagoula, Watertown, Ocala, Austin), regional water districts (Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County), and special-purpose water and environmental authorities. State environmental remediation programs dominate recent activity, with orphan well plugging contracts issued by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (four concurrent direct solicitations in July 2026 for New Haven Section wells totaling 38 wells across Gratiot and Montcalm counties), the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board (three concurrent IFBs for orphan well remediation under federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding), and the Texas General Land Office (H2S well workover services and statewide well plugging contracts).

Geographic concentration is heaviest in the Great Lakes region (Michigan), the Lower Mississippi and Gulf South (Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana), and Florida, with secondary activity in California, Oregon, Georgia, and the Mountain West. Representative recent opportunities include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's four direct solicitations (DS7612600000000322, DS7612600000000332, DS7612600000000352, DS7612600000000342) issued July 16, 2026, for orphan gas storage well plugging and site restoration across Gratiot County and extending into Montcalm County—38 wells across four contracts with July 21, 2026 response deadlines—each requiring prequalification through prior RFPs and mandatory pre-bid attendance; the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners ITB 26-00234 for water well maintenance and repair services at 67 irrigation and potable wells across eight county locations in the Tampa Bay region, due June 12, 2026, at $688,073.00 estimated value; the City of Palm Bay's RFP 30RFP26 for construction of four production wells (NRO-3 through NRO-6) at the North Regional Water Treatment Plant, Brevard County, due April 28, 2026; and Seminole County's master service agreement for wastewater pump station repair and refurbishment (Project CC-7100-26/HSM), due August 5, 2026, with M/WBE encouragement. Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements and Build America Buy America Act compliance appear routinely in federally funded orphan well plugging work. Set-asides for small business, service-disabled veteran-owned, and minority-owned vendors are present in state-level programs (Michigan, Mississippi, Illinois, Texas) but less common in county and municipal procurements. The code is active and competitive; pipeline abundance suggests sustained procurement momentum through 2026 and into 2027.