Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE381

Dogwood Management Partners LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business based in Apollo Beach, Florida, 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 and extends through December 28, 2035, with no set-aside designation, allowing full and open competition among qualifying contractors. As a prime contractor under this vehicle, Dogwood Management Partners LLC is positioned to compete for and execute task orders supporting the Department of Defense's multi-domain defense initiatives, leveraging its established expertise in information technology professional services, software development, cybersecurity, and management consulting across federal agencies.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures advanced defense system capabilities encompassing research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and modernization efforts to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. Work areas span ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense alongside other advanced aerial defense applications, with individual task orders utilizing various contract types across multiple industry classification codes and classification levels. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs, incorporating emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to deliver the nation's comprehensive, layered homeland and force protection capabilities. The government intends to award multiple contractors demonstrating technical acceptability, responsibility, and fair and reasonable pricing under the FAR 15.304(c)(1)(ii) competitive evaluation framework.