Jacobs Receives Program Management Contract From the U.S. Marine Corps for Motor Transport Support Services

PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received a task order from the Marine Corps Ground Transportation and Engineer Systems Product Group at the Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va.

Awarded under the Commercial Enterprise Omnibus Support Services blanket purchase agreement, this contract has one base year and two option years for a potential value of $9.3 million through January 2012.

Jacobs' services under the Program Manager Motor Transport task order include ongoing technical, analytical, and programmatic support for the Marine Corps' light vehicle fleet and medium/heavy vehicle fleet, as well as test support through the production and deployment phase for multiple motor transport programs.

In making the announcement, Jacobs President and CEO Craig Martin stated, "This contract provides an excellent opportunity to build upon our long-standing relationship with the Marine Corps. Services we provide under this contract will help to sustain and enhance mission-critical, worldwide availability of tactical wheeled vehicle systems for the Marines."

Jacobs, with over 55,000 employees and revenues exceeding $12.0 billion, provides technical, professional, and construction services globally.

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SOURCE Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.



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