Jacobs Engineering Group and Turner & Townsend joint venture has secured a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) trading agency Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S).

Under the deal, the two companies will be responsible for jointly operating as the Program Delivery Partner (PDP) for the trading organisation.

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According to an estimation by the UK agency, the total value of the contract is expected to be up to $320m.

Jacobs Engineering Group Aerospace, Technology, Environmental and Nuclear International senior vice-president Pete Lutwyche said: “Our global programme delivery expertise, coupled with our extensive defence and non-defence capabilities, positions Jacobs ideally – along with our partners – to support DE&S’ continuing transformation programme and journey to becoming a world-leading, best-in-class defence delivery organisation.”

“The agency is responsible for managing a wide range of projects to procure and support equipment and services for the effective operation of the UK Armed Forces.”

The agency is responsible for managing a wide range of projects to procure and support equipment and services for the effective operation of the UK Armed Forces.

The current PDP contract will help support DE&S in equipping and supporting the UK Armed Forces where and when required.

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Through the project, the contracted companies will provide customised, specialist resources, products and services to support the project management, project controls and integrated logistics requirements of DE&S over the next two years, with an option to extend for another two years.

Headquartered in Abbey Wood, Bristol, DE&S will require more than 400 personnel to support the programme.

Under the Equinox joint venture, the UK businesses of Jacobs and Turner & Townsend will use their capability and resource base and global best practices to enable DE&S deliver specialist, temporary project management, project controls and integrated logistics.