UNSPSC 71131000: Well fracturing services

Services which provide a method of stimulation production by opening new flow channels in the rock surrounding a production well by pumping proppant and fluid into the well at high pressure and volume.

UNSPSC 71131000 Well fracturing services is a Class code that in state and local practice encompasses landfill gas extraction system design, construction, and installation — including wellhead placement, collection piping, condensate management, and integration with existing waste management infrastructure. The Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority's April 2026 ITB for landfill gas collection and control system expansion at Old Dixie Highway Municipal Solid Waste Landfill in Dalton, Georgia exemplifies the scope: the procurement calls for surveying gas extraction well locations, installing extraction wells with HDPE casing, laying approximately 4,100 linear feet of perforated horizontal collectors and 7,420 linear feet of lateral piping in multiple diameters, installing condensate sumps with pneumatic pumps, isolation valves, controls, and monitoring equipment, plus 46,100 square yards of side slope seeding and erosion control. Issuing bodies under this code are primarily special-purpose districts and municipal solid waste authorities responsible for environmental compliance at landfills; the Dalton-Whitfield case represents the main active buyer in recent state and local records, and qualifications typically mandate Georgia-licensed General Contractors with a minimum of five years' landfill gas collection and control system construction experience and demonstrated completion of at least five similar or larger projects.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, with the Dalton-Whitfield ITB due May 21, 2026, carrying liquidated damages of $2,000 per day for the first 90 days past Substantial Completion and $5,000 per day thereafter. The bid documents require a mandatory pre-proposal conference on May 1, 2026, at the Authority's administrative office in Dalton, and contractors must perform a minimum of 50 percent of labor on-site, comply with the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act, and submit E-Verify documentation and workers' compensation insurance provisions. No set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises or minority-owned businesses are specified in the contract. Bid bonds of five percent of the maximum bid price and performance and payment bonds each equal to 100 percent of the bid price are required from sureties licensed in Georgia. The contract uses a unit price basis with estimated quantities, and monthly progress payments are made at 90 percent of completed work with 10 percent retainage until Substantial Completion.