Marine Corps gets help with communications system transfer

Jacobs Technology Inc. will help the Marine Corps transition to its new communications system under a task order valued at $12 million.

Under terms of the award, the Fort Walton Beach, Fla., subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering Group will provide support for the transition from the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet environment to the next Marine Corps Information Technology environment, according to an announcement from the Defense Department dated Sept. 17.

The support includes financial planning, programming, budgeting and execution of the USMC enterprise budget throughout the Future Year Defense Plan.

It also involves supplying program management activities, USMC representation and coordination with Navy Next Generation Enterprise Network office, the Secure Operational Network Infrastructure Capability Program of Record activities as well as providing expertise in all other forums related to the delivery of this new IT environment, the announcement states.

The work, which is expected to be completed in September 2011, will be performed in Dumfries and Stafford, Va., and Washington, D.C.

The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

Jacobs Engineering Group is based in Pasadena, Calif.