Contract Has Maximum Value of $45 Million to URS
URS Corporation (NYSE:URS) today announced that the Company has been
awarded an indefinite deliver/indefinite quantity environmental
engineering services contract to provide environmental restoration,
compliance, and planning services to the U.S. Naval Engineering
Facilities Command Northwest (NAVFAC NW), primarily for activities and
installations in Washington, Alaska, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho,
and Utah. The five-year contract has a maximum value of $45 million to
URS.
Under the terms of the contract, as task orders are issued, URS will
provide environmental engineering, investigation, and design services
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act and state environmental programs. In addition, URS
currently is developing corporate-wide data management standards for the
U.S. Navy.
Commenting on the contract award, Gary V. Jandegian, President of the
URS Division, said: “We are proud to have been once again selected to
support the U.S. Navy for this important contract, which highlights our
strength in providing environmental restoration and remediation
services. As a leading provider of engineering support to the Department
of Defense, URS has assisted the U.S. Navy in some of its more
challenging and complex assignments over the past several decades,
including work at the Bremerton Naval Complex, SUBASE Bangor, Naval Air
Station Whidbey Island, and the Naval Undersea Weapons Center at
Keyport. With this award, we look forward to continuing our 20-year
record of service to the U.S. Naval Engineering Facilities Command.”
URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) is a leading provider of engineering,
construction and technical services for public agencies and private
sector companies around the world. The Company offers a full range of
program management; planning, design and engineering; systems
engineering and technical assistance; construction and construction
management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure
services. URS provides services for power, infrastructure, industrial
and commercial, and federal projects and programs. Headquartered in San
Francisco, the Company operates through three divisions: the URS
Division, the EG&G Division and the Washington Division. URS Corporation
has more than 50,000 employees in a network of offices in more than 30
countries (www.urscorp.com
).
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