DALLAS, Oct. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs (NYSE:JEC)
has been re-selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to
provide environmental planning, compliance analyses, and associated
reports and documentation services under a blanket purchase
agreement.
Jacobs brings to this assignment 19 years of NSF project
knowledge gained through the delivery of the current Environmental
Compliance Support Services (ECSS) contract, NSF's Arctic Research
Support Logistics Services (ARSLS) and National Ecological
Observatory Network (NEON) programs.
"As a long-term partner to NSF, our team is ready to address the
agency's environmental requirements and expectations by continuing
our collaboration and providing quality execution, responsiveness,
innovation, tailored resources and solutions excellence," said
Jacobs Buildings, Infrastructure and Advanced Facilities Global
Environmental Solutions Senior Vice President and General Manager
Jan Walstrom.
With a period of performance not to exceed 66 months, the scope
of work includes support of NSF's environmental compliance
obligations through the preparation of full life-cycle
Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) and Environmental
Assessments (EAs), in accordance with the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), including associated supporting studies.
Additional services may also include preparation of documents,
analyses, studies and correspondence in support of NSF's compliance
with such laws as the National Historic Preservation Act,
Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Coastal Zone
Management Act and Clean Water Act, as well as with applicable
presidential executive orders.
NSF is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950
"to promote the progress of science; to advance the national
health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense."
With an annual budget of $8.1
billion (FY 2019), NSF is the funding source for
approximately 24% of all federally supported basic research
conducted by America's colleges and universities.
Jacobs leads the global professional services sector providing
solutions for a more connected, sustainable world. With
approximately $12 billion in revenue
and a talent force of more than 50,000, Jacobs provides a full
spectrum of services including scientific, technical, professional
and construction- and program-management for business, industrial,
commercial, government and infrastructure sectors. For more
information, visit www.jacobs.com, and connect with Jacobs on
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of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
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well as currently available competitive, financial and economic
data. Forward-looking statements, however, are inherently
uncertain. There are a variety of factors that could cause business
results to differ materially from our forward-looking statements.
For a description of some additional factors that may occur that
could cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking
statements see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
September 28, 2018, and in particular
the discussions contained under Item 1 - Business; Item 1A - Risk
Factors; Item 3 - Legal Proceedings; and Item 7 - Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 29, 2019, and in
particular the discussions contained under Part I, Item 2 -
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations; Part II, Item 1 - Legal Proceedings; and
Part II, Item 1A - Risk Factors, as well as the Company's other
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is
not under any duty to update any of the forward-looking statements
after the date of this press release to conform to actual results,
except as required by applicable law.
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