UNSPSC 71122716: Subsea maintenance service

Subsea Inspection, Maintenance and Repair Operations, Condition Monitoring ,Cable and Pipeline Inspection, Remotely Operated Tool Operation, scale squeeze operations and Maintenance of Subsea Systems.

UNSPSC 71122716 Subsea maintenance service is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity describes well drilling, plugging, abandonment, and site restoration work — not submarine or offshore subsea operations. State and local governments solicit this code for orphan and abandoned oil and gas well plugging under federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding, municipal water supply well construction and rehabilitation, monitoring well installation at landfills and environmental remediation sites, and emergency well casing repair at correctional facilities and water utility sites. The issuing bodies span state environmental and natural resources departments (Michigan EGLE, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board), municipal water utilities and city governments (Albany, Reynolds, Wrens, Pascagoula, Lubbock), county commissioners and special districts (Seminole, Gwinnett, Hillsborough, Sarasota, Boulder), state parks authorities (Oregon Parks and Recreation, Texas Parks and Wildlife), and specialized state agencies (Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Natural Resources). Michigan EGLE and the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board appear as repeat buyers, each issuing multiple direct solicitations and prequalification RFPs for orphan well plugging throughout 2026. The work being solicited spans plugging and remediation of abandoned oil and gas wells in Michigan (26 separate direct solicitations and prequalification cycles across Gratiot, Montcalm, and Kent Counties), water supply well construction in municipal systems (deep wells, gravel pack installations, chemical feed systems), monitoring well installation for environmental compliance, and emergency video survey and casing repair services for existing wells in operation.

The geographic spread concentrates in Michigan (EGLE's Lower Peninsula orphan well program generating steady quarterly prequalification cycles and individual well-by-well direct solicitations), Mississippi (orphan well plugging under Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), and dispersed across Florida, Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, Illinois, and other states where municipal water utility procurement and environmental remediation drive occasional but material solicitations. Representative recent opportunities include the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy solicitation for prequalification of orphan well contractors (RFP 7612600000025222, September 22, 2026 deadline, five-year term with two optional one-year renewals at $800,000 total prequalified contractor pool); the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board IFB for plugging, remediation, and reclamation of nine orphaned wells in Jasper and Jones Counties (IFB 3160008162, December 18, 2026 deadline, Davis-Bacon prevailing wage, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding); the City of Albany, Georgia sealed bid for Well No. 21 rehabilitation (ITB, November 16, 2026 deadline); and Hillsborough County's invitation to bid for two-year water well maintenance and repair services across 67 irrigation and potable wells (ITB 26-00234, June 12, 2026 deadline, $688,073 estimated value, Southwest Florida Water Management District licensure required). Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements apply to all federally funded orphan well work; state-funded or locally funded municipal well construction does not uniformly carry prevailing wage obligations. Orphan well plugging work requires five to ten years of documented field experience, insurance minimums of $1 to $2 million commercial general liability and $2 to $5 million pollution liability depending on scope, and compliance with state cement plugging specifications and Underground Source of Drinking Water protection protocols. Municipal water well projects increasingly mandate Build America, Buy America Act domestic content compliance and American Iron and Steel sourcing.