Bechtel wins USAF contract -

Bechtel wins USAF contract - 2005-11-25 - San Francisco Business Times: "Bechtel wins USAF contract

Bechtel Corp. won a contingency support contract from the United States Air Force as one of six companies that will sell engineering, construction and support services to the military around the world.

The contract is part of the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program, according to a release on Bechtel's web site. The San Francisco company did not disclose the value of the deal, but the entire contract lasts 10 years and is worth $10 billion.

In order that a war or crisis requiring rapid response might not overwhelm a single company, six firms were awarded the contract. The deal requires the companies to respond to urgent jobs in the continental United States within 48 hours and to overseas crises within 72 hours.

Bechtel and the other companies -- Washington Group International, CH2M Global Services, URS/Berger JV, DynCorp International and Readiness Management Support -- were chosen by competitive bidding."