UNSPSC 71122903: Barge oilfield rig services

Services for pipelaying or derrick services located on a barge.

UNSPSC 71122903 Barge oilfield rig services, a Commodity code, encompasses drilling equipment rental, wellhead services, and associated labor for onshore orphan well plugging and site restoration—a niche market where state and local governments pursue federal environmental remediation funding rather than commercial oilfield operations. Recent state and local solicitations reveal that the code's practical scope centers on turnkey well abandonment services combining rig mobilization, plugging operations, wireline and cementing services, waste disposal, and site reclamation at idle or orphaned wells on state-controlled or remediated properties. The code attracts work from state environmental and natural resources departments, county oil and gas regulatory boards, and water authorities managing legacy well liabilities, primarily in Michigan, Mississippi, Texas, and Illinois. Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has dominated recent activity, issuing four direct solicitations in July 2026 (DS7612600000000322, DS7612600000000332, DS7612600000000352, and DS7612600000000342) for plugging 38 orphan gas storage wells across Gratiot and Montcalm counties—work requiring prequalification through prior statewide RFPs, mandatory pre-bid attendance, Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance, and 100-point technical scoring emphasizing key personnel, owned equipment, and experience. Similar work flows from the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board (three IFBs posted March–April 2026 for seven to fourteen well packages across multiple counties), the Texas Railroad Commission's statewide well plugging RFQ (455261006), and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' orphan well projects in Union County.

Recent opportunities underscore that success in this code demands prequalification history with the issuing state, demonstrated fleet ownership of pole, single-derrick, and double-derrick rigs, direct experience plugging gas storage or oil wells at comparable depths, certified payroll and prevailing wage infrastructure, and ability to mobilize within compressed schedules—typically ten to fourteen days from bid opening to site work commencement. Michigan's New Haven Energy well contracts require unit pricing across 68 line items (labor classifications, rig configurations, casing and tubing rental, wireline, cementing, mud engineering, waste handling, and site restoration), firm pricing for project duration, and selection on best value rather than lowest cost, with technical proposals scored 25 points each for key personnel, business-owned equipment adequacy, company technical experience, and vendor responses. The code sees sporadic activity outside orphan well work—a single Sarasota County quote (2026QQ759, due July 10, 2026) for residential well abandonment on a single property at a $50,000 ceiling shows state and local governments' occasional use of the code for minor groundwater remediation, but the volume and contract size concentrate in multiyear, federally funded (IIJA formula grant) well plugging programs in the upper Midwest and Southeast. Firms entering this code should prioritize establishing prequalification on state-managed well contractor rosters, documenting five or more completed orphan well projects with comparable depths and complexity, maintaining current Davis-Bacon compliance, securing bonding capacity for multi-well packages, and monitoring oil and gas board solicitations monthly in target states, as individual opportunities cluster around grant funding cycles and environmental cleanup initiatives.