Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE284

The Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is a ten-year, $151 billion defense procurement awarded by the Missile Defense Agency to Peopletec, Inc. on December 29, 2025, with performance extending through December 28, 2035. This full and open competition vehicle utilizes no set-asides and is structured to support a multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology initiatives designed to counter air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight for ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile systems.

The initial task order issued to Peopletec under SHIELD is valued at $500 and is classified as a firm fixed price delivery order with a completion date of December 28, 2035, with performance based in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract vehicle is designed to leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures while supporting both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and NAICS codes. As the awardee, Peopletec, a small, employee-owned Alabama-based firm specializing in engineering, cybersecurity, intelligence, and program support, will compete for task orders under this flexible contracting mechanism that enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly procure advanced defense capabilities across an enterprise-wide platform.