Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE443

Strategic Solutions Unlimited, Inc., a veteran-owned small business headquartered in Fayetteville, North Carolina, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract, titled the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, represents a comprehensive 10-year contracting vehicle utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract was issued without specific set-aside provisions, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for task orders across multiple domains and classification levels.

Under this IDIQ, the contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support the MDA's multi-domain defense system capabilities. The scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts to develop and sustain an advanced defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. Individual task and delivery orders issued under this vehicle will utilize various contract types and multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, with work potentially requiring facility clearances and classified security access. The contract vehicle is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide continuous, layered protection against ballistic, hypersonic, cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial threats across all phases of flight.