diff --git a/app/controllers/registrar/bulk_change_controller.rb b/app/controllers/registrar/bulk_change_controller.rb
index 801ab0516..218e7dc5d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/registrar/bulk_change_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/registrar/bulk_change_controller.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,36 @@ class Registrar
 
     private
 
+    def do_request(request, uri)
+      if Rails.env.test?
+        response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port,
+                                   use_ssl: (uri.scheme == 'https'),
+                                   verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE) do |http|
+          http.request(request)
+        end
+      elsif Rails.env.development?
+        client_cert = File.read(ENV['cert_path'])
+        client_key = File.read(ENV['key_path'])
+        response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port,
+                                   use_ssl: (uri.scheme == 'https'),
+                                   verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE,
+                                   cert: OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(client_cert),
+                                   key: OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(client_key)) do |http|
+          http.request(request)
+        end
+      else
+        client_cert = File.read(ENV['cert_path'])
+        client_key = File.read(ENV['key_path'])
+        response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port,
+                                   use_ssl: (uri.scheme == 'https'),
+                                   cert: OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(client_cert),
+                                   key: OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(client_key)) do |http|
+          http.request(request)
+        end
+      end
+      response
+    end
+
     def ready_to_renew?
       domain_ids_for_bulk_renew.present? && params[:renew].present?
     end
diff --git a/app/controllers/registrar/tech_contacts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/registrar/tech_contacts_controller.rb
index 001651250..5cb0e8ee6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/registrar/tech_contacts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/registrar/tech_contacts_controller.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 class Registrar
   class TechContactsController < BulkChangeController
+    BASE_URL = URI.parse("#{ENV['repp_url']}domains/contacts").freeze
+
     def update
       authorize! :manage, :repp
 
-      uri = URI.parse("#{ENV['repp_url']}domains/contacts")
+      uri = BASE_URL
 
       request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(uri)
       request.set_form_data(current_contact_id: params[:current_contact_id],
@@ -11,32 +13,7 @@ class Registrar
       request.basic_auth(current_registrar_user.username,
                          current_registrar_user.plain_text_password)
 
-      if Rails.env.test?
-        response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port,
-                                   use_ssl: (uri.scheme == 'https'),
-                                   verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE) do |http|
-          http.request(request)
-        end
-      elsif Rails.env.development?
-        client_cert = File.read(ENV['cert_path'])
-        client_key = File.read(ENV['key_path'])
-        response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port,
-                                   use_ssl: (uri.scheme == 'https'),
-                                   verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE,
-                                   cert: OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(client_cert),
-                                   key: OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(client_key)) do |http|
-          http.request(request)
-        end
-      else
-        client_cert = File.read(ENV['cert_path'])
-        client_key = File.read(ENV['key_path'])
-        response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port,
-                                   use_ssl: (uri.scheme == 'https'),
-                                   cert: OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(client_cert),
-                                   key: OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(client_key)) do |http|
-          http.request(request)
-        end
-      end
+      response = do_request(request, uri)
 
       parsed_response = JSON.parse(response.body, symbolize_names: true)