Firm to provide combat-ready equipment to Marines

A professional services and technology firm has been awarded a contract to provide combat-ready equipment to Marines worldwide.

KBR, Inc. officials said the contract calls for a modification by the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) to provide prepositioning and logistics support services for the USMC Blount Island Command.

KBR will continue to provide logistics services, including supply support, inventory management, IT support, preservation and packaging, organic support, shipping and receiving and maintenance in and out of the United States.

“KBR is dedicated to serving U.S. Marines at home and abroad,” Stuart Bradie, KBR president and CEO, said. “We will continue to support the U.S. Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs by diligently maintaining combat-ready equipment and material through this contract modification.”

KBR will primarily perform the work in Jacksonville, Florida, but will also support the USMC at various other locations, including Norway and Kuwait, as well as aboard 12 maritime prepositioned ships located in the Asia-Pacific and Diego Garcia regions.

KBR officials said the organization is the leading readiness provider of prepositioned stock to the USMC and U.S. Army, instituting program planning, maintenance, care of supplies in storage and logistics services to strategically prepositioned stocks afloat and ashore worldwide.

Estimated revenue associated with contract modification will be booked into the backlog of unfilled orders for KBR’s Government Services business segment.