Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE146

Gcnis LLC was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a 10-year period of performance extending through December 28, 2035. The solicitation utilized full and open competition with no set-aside designations, and awards were made to all qualifying offerors determined to be responsible sources with technically acceptable proposals demonstrating fair and reasonable pricing. The contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required for performance in accordance with order terms, with individual task and delivery orders potentially issued at various classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement is designed to support the Department of Defense's multi-domain defense objectives by acquiring an advanced, integrated defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. Work encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide continuous, layered protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles targeting the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. As an enterprise-wide contracting mechanism, the SHIELD IDIQ enables rapid order issuance across multiple security domains and classification levels, with individual orders potentially utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes.