UNSPSC 71161500: Well site operations services

Services repair, maintenance or monitoring of equipment a for daily operations at the well site.

UNSPSC 71161500 Well site operations services is a Class code, but the recent opportunities posted under it show a pronounced mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual state and local procurement activity. Of four opportunities tagged to this code, only two—the Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority landfill gas collection and control system expansion (ITB PE75552NONST2026000000061) and the Eastern Municipal Water District digester gas utilization project (RFP 3900)—involve operations related to well sites or gas extraction infrastructure. The Dalton-Whitfield ITB is requesting Georgia-licensed general contractors with a minimum five years' experience in landfill gas collection and control system construction and installation to survey gas extraction well locations, install extraction wells with HDPE casing, and install approximately 4,100 linear feet of perforated horizontal collectors, 7,420 linear feet of lateral piping in multiple diameters, condensate sumps, and monitoring equipment. The EMWD RFP seeks a Design-Build-Finance-Own-Operate-Maintain partner for a 15- or 20-year digester gas utilization project converting biosolids digester gas at three regional water reclamation facilities into renewable natural gas or other energy products, with the proposer required to demonstrate minimum five years of direct experience in similar DBFOOM digester gas projects. The other two opportunities—the City of DeBary irrigation system improvements and the City of College Park municipal executive search—fall outside the code's scope entirely and appear to be miscoded postings.

Geographic activity is limited to states where two representative solicitations are active: Georgia (Dalton-Whitfield, Whitfield County, posted April 17, 2026, with bids due May 21, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. EST) and California (EMWD, Riverside County, posted February 24, 2026, with proposals due April 13, 2026). The Dalton-Whitfield opportunity requires substantial completion within 120 calendar days of the Notice to Proceed, with liquidated damages of $2,000 per day for the first 90 days beyond that threshold and $5,000 per day thereafter; a mandatory pre-proposal conference is scheduled for May 1, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. EST. The EMWD digester gas project includes a mandatory pre-proposal meeting on March 9, 2026, mandatory site tours on March 18–19, 2026, and interviews anticipated for May–June 2026 with board approval and contract execution targeted for October 2026. Neither opportunity specifies set-aside designations for disadvantaged, minority-owned, or small businesses. The code shows minimal recent activity and should be approached cautiously; pursue opportunities only when the actual work being solicited involves gas extraction, well operations, or digester gas conversion infrastructure, not miscoded unrelated procurements.