UNSPSC 71122705: Oilfield sucker rod maintenance services

Maintenance of the steel rod that is used to make up the mechanical assembly between the surface and downhole components of a rod pumping system.

UNSPSC 71122705 Oilfield sucker rod maintenance services, a Commodity code, encompasses plugging, abandonment, and site restoration of orphaned oil and gas wells—work that state and local governments procure almost exclusively through specialized petroleum-sector management agencies. Recent opportunities show state environmental and energy departments soliciting comprehensive well-abandonment packages including drilling, casing installation, cementing, wireline services, waste disposal, and full site reclamation under Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy dominates the recent activity, issuing four direct solicitations in July 2026 for orphan well plugging across Gratiot and Montcalm counties covering 38 wells total under pre-qualified contractor lists stemming from prior RFP cycles. Mississippi Oil and Gas Board and Texas General Land Office also appear as repeat buyers on this code. Work is heavily concentrated in the Great Lakes region and Gulf Coast states (Michigan, Mississippi, Texas), though the code shows measurable activity across multiple energy-producing jurisdictions. Representative recent opportunities include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's solicitation DS7612600000000322 for three orphan wells at Gratiot County (due July 21, 2026, direct solicitation with prequalification requirement and 68-line-item unit-pricing schedule), and the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board's IFB 3160007967 for seven orphaned wells across five counties (due May 11, 2026, with minimum five-year experience requirement and infrastructure-funded scope). Both require firm unit pricing broken across labor classifications, equipment rental, materials, and site restoration with technical scoring weighted toward experience and capability rather than price.

Activity on this code remains modest but sustained, driven primarily by federal Orphaned Wells Program funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Winning work typically requires prequalification or demonstrated expertise in high-pressure well operations, Davis-Bacon compliance, and bonding capacity in the millions. The code shows material procurement velocity in Michigan and Mississippi through mid-2026, with response deadlines concentrated in April–July. Geographic spread and issuing-body identity (state oil-and-gas boards, state environmental departments) are stable markers; the code is not fragmented across municipal or county buyers. Pursue this code if your firm holds or can rapidly qualify for oil-and-gas well abandonment licenses, can field crews conversant in prevailing wage compliance and federal bonding, and maintain active prequalification relationships with state environmental or energy agencies in the Upper Midwest or Gulf Coast energy-producing states.