Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE326

Systems Technology Forum, LTD., a Virginia-based defense contractor, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. The contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with a period of performance extending through December 28, 2035, utilizing full and open competition with no small business set-aside. The prime contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support the government's requirements, which will be issued through individual task and delivery orders at various classification levels. This IDIQ structure enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to issue orders flexibly across multiple contract types and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes.

The SHIELD IDIQ procurement addresses advanced multi-domain homeland defense capabilities, encompassing research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. The contract is designed to procure an integrated defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains, with coverage spanning all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. Individual task orders will leverage emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with work potentially requiring appropriate facility clearances across both classified and unclassified security domains. As a strategic defense contractor with extensive experience supporting Department of Defense mission requirements, Systems Technology Forum is positioned to deliver complex technical and engineering solutions throughout the 10-year ordering period under this enterprise-wide contracting vehicle.