Orphan Well – Exploratory 2025 NW Competitively bid through OhioBuys CSP900922. This project shall utilize contractors to complete exploratory work to better evaluate the equipment, materials, and conditions of orphan wells. The intent of this contract is to provide information that will lead to a formal and separate plugging contract, not to plug the well during this phase of the project. However, the contractor will be required to have certain equipment available in the event that these explorations aggravate the wells’ current condition. The Division will determine the wells that will be included in the project on an as needed basis. The contract will remain in effect until either a set timeframe or expenditure amount is reached. Work Orders will be given to describe and authorize this work. An OhioBuys offer shall be submitted to establish prices. The Division intends to award three (3) contracts for this work that will be based on a regional map of the State of Ohio as found in Appendix II. A separate OhioBuys submittal will be required for each of the three (3) regions. No contractor will be awarded more than one (1) region. This is mission critical to protect the public and environment and plugging orphan wells is required by statute.
