Various Air Force facilities to be upgraded or newly constructed.
MILWAUKEE, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ — Johnson Controls, (NYSE:JCI) , the global, multi-industrial leader in creating smart environments, announced today that a joint venture between Versar, Inc., and Johnson Controls Federal Systems, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls, Inc., will be awarded one of approximately 12 large business contracts by the U.S. Air Force for construction and design build services worldwide.
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The contract has an expected $10 billion dollar ceiling for all awardees, including small and disadvantaged companies. Companies are charged with supplying facilities and infrastructure support to the Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency (AFCESA) under a Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization Acquisition Task Order Contract (SATOC). AFCESA, headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, FL, provides infrastructure construction, design build and other support services to address environmental restoration, military family housing and the military construction program at existing Air Force facilities. Work under SATOC will be awarded to each contractor through a task order system over a five-year period, plus five one-year renewal options.
Upon being notified of the award, Mark Elliott, VP & GM of Johnson Controls Federal Systems said, “The SATOC program significantly enhances the opportunities Johnson Controls has to show our appreciation and support our men and women in uniform. We believe that the partnership between Versar, with its long-standing Air Force relationship, and Johnson Controls, with its worldwide footprint, will reap numerous benefits for both companies as well as our SATOC customer.”
Dr. Ted Prociv, Versar’s President and CEO, stated, “The SATOC contract gives Versar the potential for significant infrastructure work for the Air Force during the next decade. We are proud to partner with Johnson Controls Federal Systems in this important contract to help maintain our country’s readiness around the world. SATOC will be an important contributor toward our goal of growing Versar’s business profitability in the coming years.”
About Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI) (NYSE:-) (NYSE:News) is the global leader that brings ingenuity to the places where people live, work and travel. By integrating technologies, products and services, we create smart environments that redefine the relationships between people and their surroundings. Our team of 140,000 employees creates a more comfortable, safe and sustainable world through our products and services for more than 200 million vehicles, 12 million homes and one million commercial buildings. For additional information, please visit http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/.
About Versar, Inc.
Versar, Inc., headquartered in Springfield, VA, is a publicly held international professional services firm supporting government and industry in national defense/homeland defense programs, environmental health and safety and infrastructure revitalization. Versar operates a number of web sites, including the corporate Web sites, http://www.versar.com/, http://www.homelanddefense.com/, and http://www.geomet.com/; and a B2B portal for homeland defense products and services, http://www.nbcprotect.com/ and http://www.dtaps.com/.
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