Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE089

Michael Baker International, Inc. was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, represents a comprehensive 10-year contracting vehicle designed to support the nation's multi-layered defense requirements. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no small business set-asides, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for task orders. The initial delivery order issued to Michael Baker International carries a firm-fixed-price of $500 and is scheduled for completion at the same date as the master contract, with performance taking place in Huntsville, Alabama.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains, including defense against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles throughout all phases of flight. Task and delivery orders issued under this vehicle will utilize various contract types across multiple NAICS codes and security classification levels, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support both classified and unclassified MDA and Department of Defense programs.