Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE344

Oceaneering International Inc., Otech Division, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the Missile Defense Agency with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, designated as Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement vehicle designed to support research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, testing and evaluation, and modernization efforts. The contract employs full and open competition with no small business set-asides and allows the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to issue multiple task and delivery orders across various contract types and security classification levels. The initial delivery order, valued at $500 and issued on December 29, 2025, is designated for SHIELD initial work to be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, utilizing firm fixed-price pricing.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract is structured to procure advanced defense capabilities capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats against the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners across all flight phases of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contracting vehicle integrates disruptive technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide continuous, layered protection across multiple operational domains. This 10-year enterprise-wide contracting mechanism supports both classified and unclassified programs requiring appropriate facility clearances, positioning Oceaneering International Inc. as a key contributor to the nation's multi-layered homeland defense infrastructure alongside multiple other award recipients selected through the competitive solicitation process.