Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE187

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Mori Associates, Incorporated under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) initiative with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance through December 28, 2035. This contract was awarded on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025, and utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides. Mori Associates, a Woman Owned Small Business registered since June 2001, was selected as one of multiple contractors eligible to receive task orders under this vehicle. The contractor is responsible for providing all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support performance of orders issued under the contract.

The SHIELD contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system and related capabilities designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The initial task order issued to Mori Associates was the SHIELD Initial Order, valued at five hundred dollars with Firm Fixed Price pricing and a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama, with completion by December 28, 2035. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide continuous, layered protection supporting national defense objectives.