Jacobs Negotiates an IDIQ Contract With the U.S. Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District

PASADENA, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it negotiated an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Rock Island District to provide regional multi-discipline architect-engineer services.

This contract has a base period not to exceed one year and four one-year option periods, for a total IDIQ value not to exceed $12 million.

As a regional contract, services cover work for the USACE - Rock Island, St. Louis, and St. Paul districts. The work per scope of task orders involves three broad areas: Inland Marine Transportation System - locks and dams, channel, and harbor projects; Flood Damage Reduction - levee, floodway and channel projects; and Other Civil Works Projects such as recreational trails, ecosystem restoration, dredging, parking lots, roadways, security fencing, buildings, erosion protection, landscaping, and water/wastewater structures. Jacobs' services may include structural, civil, geotechnical, hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical engineering, plus architecture, landscape architecture, cost engineering, and specification writing.

In making the announcement, Jacobs Group Vice President Kevin McMahon stated, "Since 1938 we have assisted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in upgrading our nation's inland waterways and infrastructure. We are excited about the opportunity to continue this relationship and to help our country improve its infrastructure."

Jacobs, with annual revenues exceeding $12 billion, is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers of technical, professional, and construction services.

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