UNSPSC 71122901: Deepwater oilfield rig services

Services for rigs located in offshore areas where water depths exceed approximately 600 feet.

UNSPSC 71122901 Deepwater oilfield rig services (Commodity) covers work that state and local governments rarely or never buy under this code's nominal scope — the recent opportunities tagged with this code show no alignment with offshore oil and gas platform operations, the stated commodity definition. Instead, the opportunities reflect onshore water well drilling, plugging, and rehabilitation services across municipal water systems, county infrastructure, state environmental remediation programs, and park facilities, which fall outside deepwater oilfield scope. The mix of issuing bodies includes state environmental and energy departments (Michigan EGLE, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board), counties (Sarasota, Seminole, Gwinnett, Escambia), cities (DeBary, Albany, Reynolds, Wrens, Bend, Ocala, Austin, Pascagoula, Lubbock), state parks agencies (Oregon Parks and Recreation, Texas Parks and Wildlife), a state correctional system (Illinois Department of Corrections), and water districts (Hilldale), suggesting the code has been applied to water-supply and orphaned-well remediation work across multiple state and local jurisdictions.

The recent solicitations reveal the actual buying activity: the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board's orphan well plugging and remediation work under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IFB with bids due December 18, 2026); Michigan EGLE's rolling prequalification and direct-solicitation awards for orphan well plugging services at multiple county sites (July 2026 closing dates for New Haven Energy wells in Gratiot and Montcalm Counties); the Illinois Department of Corrections' well video survey and casing repair contracts at Sheridan Correctional Center (multiple ITQs with deadlines in July–September 2026); municipal water well construction and replacement projects in Reynolds and Wrens, Georgia, and Pascagoula, Mississippi (bids due August–June 2026); well maintenance and repair services for Hillsborough County irrigation wells (ITB due June 12, 2026); and wastewater pump station rehabilitation for Seminole County and Gwinnett County (bids due June–November 2026). Geographic concentration is strongest in the Southeast (Florida, Georgia, Mississippi) and Great Lakes region (Michigan, Illinois), with scattered activity in Oregon, Texas, and Colorado. The code shows material recent activity in orphan-well remediation funded by federal infrastructure programs and routine municipal water-system maintenance, not deepwater offshore work.