UNSPSC 71151317: General formation evaluation

Services to evaluate the volume of rock seen by a measurement made in the borehole, as in a log or a well test.

UNSPSC 71151317 General formation evaluation is a Commodity code that captures subsurface geological and hydrogeological assessment services procured by state and local water, waste management, and environmental authorities to characterize formation conditions, fluid properties, and site suitability for infrastructure projects. Recent state and local opportunities under this code reflect work that is actually quite divergent from the nominal code scope: the posted solicitations include landfill gas system construction (Georgia), park irrigation system installation (Florida), digester gas utilization design-build contracts (California), and municipal executive search services (Georgia). The first three involve substantial engineering and construction work unrelated to formation evaluation, while the fourth—executive search services—is wholly outside the code's technical domain. The code shows little relevant recent activity matching its stated purpose of formation evaluation.

The geographic spread of posted opportunities spans Georgia, Florida, and California, though the activities themselves vary widely and do not consistently align with formation evaluation work. The Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority issued an ITB on April 17, 2026, for landfill gas collection and control system construction (due May 21, 2026); the City of DeBary, Florida posted an irrigation system upgrade (due April 10, 2015, a stale deadline); the Eastern Municipal Water District in Riverside County, California issued an RFP on February 24, 2026, for a long-term Design-Build-Finance-Own-Operate-Maintain digester gas utilization project (due April 14, 2026); and the City of College Park, Georgia posted an RFP for executive search services (due February 18, 2026). The mismatch between the code's stated scope and the actual work posted suggests either misclassification at source or that this UNSPSC category is not actively used by state and local procurement bodies for formation evaluation services.