The contract—awarded through the USACE Transatlantic Middle East District—continues a longstanding partnership in the region, supporting U.S. defense infrastructure, foreign military sales (FMS), and military construction programs throughout CENTCOM’s area of responsibility.

“This award marks the third CPSS contract Parsons and Versar have won together,” said Carey Smith, Chair, President, and CEO of Parsons. “We are proud to continue delivering safe, secure, and resilient solutions that strengthen U.S. and allied military presence abroad.”

What the Contract Covers

The new CPSS III contract will provide the following services across U.S. and allied bases in the region:

• Quality assurance and site inspections
• Project engineering and oversight
• Construction management
• Cost and schedule control
• Safety and environmental compliance
• Administrative support to USACE project delivery teams

The contract builds upon a decade of past performance, during which the Parsons–Versar team executed over 60 task orders supporting complex military construction throughout the Middle East, including in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE.

Strategic Importance for U.S. Military Operations

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plays a critical role in building and maintaining the infrastructure backbone of forward-operating bases, training sites, and partner-nation support hubs. By outsourcing this responsibility to seasoned engineering firms like Parsons and Versar, USACE ensures continuity of mission across volatile environments.

The CPSS III contract aligns with broader U.S. strategic objectives in the region, particularly amid growing infrastructure development around foreign military sales programs and allied force modernization.

Why This Matters to Civilian Contractors

For overseas civilian contractors, this contract highlights continued demand for engineering, quality assurance, safety, and administrative professionals in CENTCOM locations. Projects supported under CPSS often lead to follow-on subcontracting opportunities for skilled U.S. citizens with overseas clearance eligibility.

If you’re a contractor with engineering, safety, or QA/QC experience looking to work in the Middle East, this contract may lead to new hiring waves in the coming months.

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KBR will provide support personnel at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait; Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia; and Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE, over the next two and a half years. KBR personnel will accompany and guide local and other country nationals at U.S. military facilities throughout these three bases. This contract in the CENTCOM area of operations expands KBR’s portfolio in the region, where the company already performs base operations support in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia.

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“Our KBR team has decades of experience within CENTCOM,” said Byron Bright, KBR Government Solutions U.S. President. “Our KBR staff will augment the uniformed military personnel in the region, which can reduce deployment cycles and allow our customer to place military personnel on other critical missions. This is yet another example of KBR operating as The Team Behind the Mission℠ and we’re proud to continue our U.S. military support.”

KBR processes hundreds of people per year, but its deployment processing center has scaled as needed for surge support. Over the past two decades, KBR has successfully processed more than 88,000 people for 150 contracts/task orders at 70 global locations. KBR is proud to continue providing operations support to the United States and allied nations around the world as it has done for more than 25 years.