Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE030

DLS Engineering Associates Inc., a Service-Disabled Woman-Owned Small Business, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program on December 29, 2025. The contract, funded by the Missile Defense Agency, carries a ceiling value of $151 billion and extends through December 28, 2035. The award was made under full and open competition with no set-asides, following a pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025, with a solicitation due date of September 15, 2025. The contract employs multiple contract types across various North American Industry Classification System codes and is structured to support both classified and unclassified work at multiple security classification levels.

Under this IDIQ vehicle, DLS Engineering is positioned to provide comprehensive professional services supporting the development, production, and sustainment of an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related support services. Work will leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. As a multiple award contract, the SHIELD IDIQ provides the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities with a flexible contracting mechanism to rapidly issue task orders across diverse technical disciplines throughout the 10-year period of performance.