Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE022

Technology, Automation & Management, Inc. (TAM), a minority-owned, veteran-owned small disadvantaged business based in Fairfax, Virginia, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This is a full and open competition vehicle with no set-aside designation, structured to support the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract requires the contractor to provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities to support multi-domain defense system development, encompassing research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization initiatives aimed at detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile flight phases.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract serves as a comprehensive, enterprise-wide contracting vehicle enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes. The contract supports both classified and unclassified programs at multiple security classification levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances for performance. Individual orders will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to advance the nation's layered homeland defense capabilities. As a multiple-award vehicle, TAM competes alongside other qualified contractors for task orders, with the contract structured to accommodate the government's flexible procurement requirements over the ten-year period of performance through a base ordering period and optional ordering periods.