UNSPSC 71123004: Well management / construction services

Services that include detailed engineering and construction of production wells. Plus, delivery and commissioning of all surface facilities and infrastructure, including full project management.

UNSPSC 71123004 Well management / construction services, a Commodity code, encompasses the drilling, construction, plugging, and rehabilitation of water supply wells, monitoring wells, exploratory wells, and orphan oil and gas wells, along with associated site restoration and testing activities. State and local governments procure these services to maintain drinking water infrastructure, decommission abandoned wells, monitor groundwater conditions, and develop new water resources across utilities, environmental agencies, and park systems.

Recent opportunities span a diverse mix of issuing bodies including state environmental and energy departments (Michigan EGLE, Mississippi Oil and Gas Board), municipal water utilities (Cities of Albany, Reynolds, Wrens, Lubbock), counties (Sarasota, Escambia, Seminole, Gwinnett), water management districts (Northwest Florida Water Management District), state parks systems (Texas Parks and Wildlife, Oregon Parks and Recreation), and regional authorities. Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy stands out as a frequent buyer, with multiple recent solicitations for orphan well plugging under Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding. Activity concentrates in Florida, Michigan, Georgia, Mississippi, and Oregon, with secondary activity in Texas, Illinois, Colorado, and California. The code sees consistent quarterly prequalification procurements in Michigan (RFP 7612600000025222 and related awards to Lease Management Inc., M&A Energy Services LLC, NuPointe Energy LLC, Plants and Goodwin Inc., and Team Services LLC, totaling $800,000 over one year five months, awarded October 2026) alongside individual project solicitations for specific well construction or abandonment work. Representative recent opportunities include the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board's nine-well orphan-well plugging and reclamation project (IFB RFx 3160008162, bids due December 18, 2026, funded under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance); the City of Albany's Well No. 21 rehabilitation (sealed bid due November 16, 2026); the Northwest Florida Water Management District's well construction and aquifer testing in Bay County (ITB 26B-003, bids due September 1, 2026, with low bidder A C Schultes of Florida dba Rowe Drilling at $691,520); and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy's Gilbert 1 orphan well plugging in Kent County (closed-competition direct solicitation to prequalified vendors, proposals due October 12, 2026). Federally funded orphan-well projects dominate, with Build America, Buy America Act, Davis-Bacon, and prevailing wage requirements standard. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding is the primary driver for plugging activity, while state and local water utilities fund new well construction and rehabilitation work. Pricing matrices, detailed equipment lists, and tight technical evaluation thresholds (typically 80-point minimums on 100-point scales) characterize the larger solicitations, particularly Michigan's prequalification and direct-solicitation processes.