Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE418

GC Associates USA LLC, a small, minority-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned business headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, valued at $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This procurement was issued under full and open competition with no set-aside designations, following a pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025, and represents the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract vehicle. The contract encompasses a 10-year period of performance consisting of a base ordering period and optional ordering periods, structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and facility clearance levels.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system and supporting services intended to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Work scope includes research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts addressing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures, with individual task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types across multiple NAICS codes. As a multiple-award vehicle, the contract structure allows the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under one flexible contracting mechanism, positioning SHIELD as a comprehensive solution for the nation's multi-layered defense requirements.