WASHINGTON, DC–The US Department of Defense has awarded a contract to a joint venture of JLL and J&J Worldwide Services to provide facility and logistics support services for US military forces and federal government agencies in the Republic of the Philippines. The contract is worth $58 million.
Specifically, JLL and J&J Worldwide Services will provide Philippines Operations Support Services for the US Pacific Command (USPACOM) Augmentation Team-Philippines (PAT-PHL), Special Operations Command, Pacific (SOCPAC), and Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC). They will also serve other US military forces and federal government agencies supporting PACOM.
JLL has an ongoing presence in the Philippines and the necessary market knowledge and technical capabilities, Barry Scribner, International Director and Co-president of JLL's Public Institutions Group, says in a prepared statement. “Together with J&J, we have the capability to furnish labor, materials and equipment through an experienced workforce to create a comfortable, healthy, safe and productive environment.”
As part of the contract, the joint venture will employ more than 400 people to provide facility management, security, transportation, materials handling, maintenance, food and transient lodging services in the Philippines. The contract was awarded for one year with the option to renew for four additional years.
The JLL portion of the contract will be managed by JLL's integrated facility management team.
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Erika Morphy
Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.
