Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE134

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), a defense-focused federal agency under the Department of Defense. This multiple award vehicle, which utilized full and open competition with no set-aside designations, carries a ceiling value of $151 billion and extends through December 28, 2035, providing a 10-year period of performance. The contract was solicited as a pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025, with a final Request for Proposal anticipated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025 and a submission deadline of September 15, 2025. All qualifying offerors determined to be responsible sources with technically acceptable proposals demonstrating fair and reasonable pricing were eligible for multiple awards under this flexible contracting mechanism.

The SHIELD IDIQ procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Work scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract integrates advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with individual task and delivery orders spanning multiple NAICS codes and contract types. The vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, with orders potentially issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances, positioning SHIELD as a comprehensive, long-term contracting solution for the nation's multi-layered defense requirements.