Jacobs Awarded Contract from National Institutes of Health

PASADENA, Calif., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide information technology services to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and certain other government agencies.

This multiple award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract has a maximum order limit of $20 billion over a period of ten years.

Under the terms of the contract, the scope of work for this effort includes Chief Information Officer support; IT services for biomedical research, health sciences and healthcare; IT operations and maintenance; integration services; critical infrastructure protection and information assurance; digital government; enterprise resource planning; clinical support, resources and studies; software development; imaging; and outsourcing.

In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Robert Norfleet stated, "We are pleased to continue our support for the Institutes and Centers of the NIH and the Department of Health and Human Services to provide a broad range of IT capabilities, solutions and services to the healthcare industry."

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

Statements made in this release that are not based on historical fact are forward-looking statements. We base these forward-looking statements on management's current estimates and expectations as well as currently available competitive, financial and economic data. Forward-looking statements, however, are inherently uncertain. There are a variety of factors that could cause business results to differ materially from our forward-looking statements. For a description of some of the factors which may occur that could cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements please refer to our 2011 Form 10-K, and in particular the discussions contained under Items 1 - Business, 1A - Risk Factors, 3 - Legal Proceedings, and 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.  We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statements made herein.

For additional information contact:

Michelle Jones

626.578.6968

SOURCE Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.