PAE Awarded Seat on $800M Global Architect - Engineer Services III IDIQ by USAID Bureau for Development, Democracy and Innovation

PAE (NASDAQ: PAE, PAEWW), a global leader merging technology with advanced business practices, delivering innovative solutions to the U.S. government and its host country partners, was awarded a seat on the seven-year, $800 million Global Architect-Engineer Services III indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract by the United States Agency for International Development to support infrastructure activities for the agency’s Bureau for Development, Democracy and Innovation.

PAE is one of seven large business contractors awarded a seat on the contract vehicle that also includes six small business awardees. PAE will compete for task orders to provide services that include infrastructure planning, engineering design, construction supervision and related support on projects across the globe.

PAE Interim President and CEO Charlie Peiffer said the company’s demonstrated expertise delivering services supporting global infrastructure initiatives makes its team a valued partner on the contract.

“PAE is ready to advance USAID’s Mission Strategic Objectives by providing technical expertise and design and construction services in host countries,” Peiffer said. “We believe our innovative solutions will deliver impactful support for the agency’s most critical infrastructure needs.”

Forthcoming task orders are expected to span a wide range of infrastructure services under the technical areas of water and sanitation, environment, transportation, energy, telecommunications and vertical structures and exterior public space.

About the USAID Bureau for Development, Democracy and InnovationThe Bureau for Development, Democracy and Innovation is USAID’s central resource for providing world-class technical assistance to its Missions. DDI’s cross-cutting, global perspective is intended to enable the agency to anticipate and respond to evolving trends and issues, catalyze innovation and financing and broaden our partnership base, all with the goal of sustainably meeting USAID’s development and humanitarian goals.

About PAE

For more than 65 years, PAE has tackled the world’s toughest challenges to deliver agile and steadfast solutions to the U.S. government and host government partners. With a global workforce of about 20,000 on all seven continents and in approximately 60 countries, PAE delivers a broad range of operational support services to meet the critical needs of our clients. Our headquarters is in Falls Church, Virginia. Find us online at pae.com, on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

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