Jacobs Receives Contract from U.S. Marine Corps for Information Technology Sustainment Services

PASADENA, Calif., Jan 12, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it has been awarded a task order contract by the Information Systems and Infrastructure Product Group at Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, VA.

This task order, awarded under the Commercial Enterprise Omnibus Support Services Blanket Purchase Agreement, has an estimated value of $9.7 million through December 2010, with the possibility of two option years bringing the total potential value to $29 million.

Jacobs will provide technical services at Marine Corps Major Commands and at bases and stations in the United States and overseas.

Services for the Program Manager for Marine Corps Network and Infrastructure Services will encompass transition, technical refresh, and life cycle sustainment support; schedule coordination; data collection and management; requirements management; hardware and software asset management; and other actions necessary to manage and sustain information technology services in the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) environment and under the Continuity of Services Contract (COSC).

In making the announcement, Jacobs President and CEO Craig Martin stated, "Services we provide under this contract will help sustain and enhance mission-critical, worldwide access to enterprise information technologies for the Marines. This is an excellent opportunity for Jacobs to strengthen our longstanding relationship with the Marine Corps."

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

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For additional information contact:

Michelle Jones

626.578.6968

SOURCE Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.