The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded KBR (NYSE: KBR) the U.S. Central Command’s multiple award task order contract. The new program has a two-year base performance period, three one-year options and an overall value of $3.8 billion.
Under a previous contract, KBR successfully executed $620 million worth of projects across 32 separate task orders for the Central Command.
The current program will support design-build and construction projects throughout the 20 countries of the CENTCOM area of responsibility. A large majority of the task orders will include vital projects directly supporting the U.S. Military and U.S. Government in the various regions.
“It is a privilege for KBR to be given the opportunity to continue to work with the Middle East District USACE and to continue to offer a high level of services and quality facilities to our military personnel located throughout the world, ” said Mark Williams, group president, infrastructure, government and power.
The CENTCOM region includes Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, U.A.E., Uzbekistan and Yemen.
