Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE297

Patchplus Consulting Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned and women-owned small business, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a period of performance through December 28, 2035. The contract supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, a comprehensive multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Under this vehicle, Patchplus and other qualifying contractors will compete for task and delivery orders covering research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains.

The initial delivery order issued to Patchplus under the SHIELD IDIQ on December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $500 and is designated as a Firm Fixed Price delivery order with a place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract procurement utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing all qualified and responsible contractors to compete for multiple awards. Individual task and delivery orders will employ various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and will support both classified and unclassified programs, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. This 10-year contracting vehicle represents a significant long-term investment in integrated air and missile defense capabilities, positioning the SHIELD IDIQ as a flexible mechanism enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly procure critical homeland and force protection capabilities.