The U.S. Army has issued a contract calling for seven companies to conduct cleanup of chemical weapons agents and disposal of conventional armaments at military sites around the world, one of contract recipients announced last week (see GSN, Nov. 12, 2009).
The contract would be worth $945 million if extended for a full five-year period, according to San Francisco-based engineering firm URS.
The contract from the Army Engineering and Support Center allows URS to "compete for, or be assigned, task orders to provide a variety of services for projects at Department of Defense installations worldwide. Potential services include the elimination of conventional munitions and chemical warfare material; environmental compliance and remediation services; and other munitions-related services," the company said in a press release.
"We are pleased by this award, which demonstrates URS' expertise in providing a variety of munitions-related services," URS Infrastructure and Environment President Gary Jandegian said in the release.
"We look forward to expanding our work with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center and helping them meet their important objectives," he said (URS release, Jan. 13).