Jacobs Awarded Contract for Department of Justice - Office of Justice Programs

PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced that it is part of a team that has been awarded a contract for IT help desk operations and maintenance services for the Department of Justice (DOJ) - Office of Justice Programs (OJP). The team is lead by AAC Inc., a GSA Alliant Small Business prime contract holder, and supported by Intelligent Decisions.

Jacobs' subcontract is valued at over $9 million over a period of five years.

Under the terms of the contract, Jacobs is assisting AAC and Intelligent Decisions in providing help desk and end-user services, system operations, non-routine tasks and program management support to OJP.

In making the announcement, Jacobs President and CEO Craig Martin stated, "We are very proud to support the DOJ and its information technology services."

Jacobs is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers of technical, professional, and construction services.

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Michelle Jones

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SOURCE Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.