Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE059

Netservices Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, was awarded a multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and modernization efforts. The contract supports national defense objectives by enabling the development and deployment of advanced defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. The procurement utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards under the flexible IDIQ structure, with individual task and delivery orders to be issued across multiple NAICS codes at various classification levels.

The initial task order awarded under this contract vehicle is the SHIELD Initial Order, a firm fixed price delivery order with a ceiling value of $500, awarded to Netservices Inc. on December 29, 2025, with performance scheduled through December 28, 2035, and a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The underlying solicitation, released in draft form in late July 2025 with a final request for proposal anticipated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, emphasizes advanced technology integration including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains. This contract vehicle is structured to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task orders for multi-layered defense capabilities, positioning SHIELD as a significant long-term investment mechanism for the nation's integrated homeland defense requirements.