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 with limited recent state and local procurement activity aligned to its nominal scope. The two most recent opportunities posted under this code do not involve well fracturing: the City of DeBary, Florida issued a competitive bid (IFB 03-15) for irrigation system improvements at Rob Sullivan Park, including hunter controller installation and piping work with an $90,000 engineer's estimate and a March 25, 2015 pre-bid conference; the School Board of Polk County, Florida issued an invitation for bids (ITB 001-MJ-0727) for armored car and secure courier services with an estimated annual expenditure of $200,000. The code shows no identifiable pattern of well fracturing or hydraulic stimulation services being solicited by state and local governments in recent opportunities.

Given the mismatch between the code's scope and the actual work posted under it, this code warrants further monitoring to determine whether the recent tagging represents data-entry error, vendor miscoding, or genuine procurement of well fracturing services by state and local agencies. The two opportunities recorded span Florida jurisdictions (city and school district), but neither is representative of the code's intended commodity. No geographic concentration, repeat-buyer pattern, or pipeline of relevant work is evident from the source material.