Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE237

Kegman Inc., an Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. The contract, with no set-aside designation applied beyond the contractor's inherent small business certifications, establishes Kegman as one of multiple qualified contractors authorized to provide comprehensive research and development, systems engineering, prototyping, production, test and evaluation, and modernization services in support of the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This enterprise-wide contracting vehicle is structured to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue delivery orders for advanced multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight.

The initial delivery order issued under this indefinite delivery contract is the SHIELD Initial Order, awarded on December 29, 2025, with a firm fixed-price structure and a ceiling value of $500, with performance through December 28, 2035, and place of performance located in Huntsville, Alabama. The broader contract solicitation, released as a pre-solicitation notice on May 21, 2025, with a final Request for Proposal anticipated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, emphasizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards. The SHIELD IDIQ contract supports integrated capabilities including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with anticipated task orders issued across multiple NAICS codes and classification levels to support both classified and unclassified defense programs addressing the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements.