– Computer Sciences Corp.
was awarded a $42.3 million contract to provide Web hosting and applications support services for the Defense Technical Information Center. The El Segundo-based company said the deal, which has a four-year base period and one two-year option, would be worth the full $42.3 million if the option is exercised. The new agreement is incremental to a five-year, $25 million contract signed with the Defense Technical Information Center in 2001, the company said in a statement.
Nearly 50 CSC information technology professionals will perform the work at the DTIC headquarters at Ft. Belvoir, Va., and other locations in the Washington, D.C., area, supporting about 80 public and classified Department of Defense Web sites.
– Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
said one of its subsidiaries received a $137 million contract to provide design services to upgrade the N6 roadway in central Ireland. Jacobs team of 50 people will support the project’s civil engineering contractor, Ascon Ltd., in the construction of about 17 miles of road, 18 bridges and associated side roads between the cities of Kinnegad and Kilbeggan.
Another Jacobs subsidiary was awarded a contract from Magnox Electric Limited, a subsidiary of British Nuclear Group, for reactor site resource enhancement at two reactor sites in the United Kingdom. Officials did not disclose the value of the contract, which has an initial period of two years plus three option years.
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According to a survey of 4,300 shoppers conducted for Santa Monica-based
Macerich Co.
by August Partners, consumers plan to spend an average of $51 on Halloween-related purchases this year, up 3.6 percent from a year earlier. West coast shoppers placed second out of the four U.S. regions surveyed, and are forecasted to spend $50.22 this Halloween. Only the Midwest was higher, at $55.77. Higher household-income shoppers will spend more on Halloween than lower household-income shoppers, the survey said. Those in the $200,000-plus category will spend the most at $80.15, while the $30,000 to $40,000 segment will spend the least at $40.69.
– Walt Disney Co.
‘s ESPN network plans to start selling a wireless service for sports fans this year with a mobile phone from Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. The service will operate on a high-speed wireless network that Sprint Nextel Corp. is building. ESPN plans to deliver sports score alerts, breaking news and commentary as well as some audio and video clips to mobile phones. The company said customers will be able to sign up for its Mobile ESPN service and buy the Sanyo MVP phone on its Web site near the winter holiday season. It plans to follow with a national retail launch in February.
