Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE252

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract, awarded by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense acquisition vehicle with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. Awarded to Council For Logistics Research Inc., a McLean, Virginia-based small business contractor, this full and open competition contract (with no set-asides) utilizes an unrestricted award approach under Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.304(c)(1)(ii), meaning multiple qualifying contractors will receive awards. The contract employs flexible ordering mechanisms to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders under a single vehicle, with individual orders potentially utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and classification levels.

The SHIELD contract procures an advanced, integrated system for detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all flight phases, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats targeting the United States homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations. Work scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technology development, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity initiatives, and modernization efforts. The solicitation indicates the contract will leverage emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with performance activities potentially spanning classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains, requiring contractors to maintain appropriate facility clearances. This ten-year acquisition vehicle positions the SHIELD contract as a strategic, long-term investment in coordinated, layered homeland defense capabilities.