Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE450

Next Step Group Inc., a SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract vehicle was established through full and open competition with no set-aside designations and is structured to support the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, a comprehensive multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts across multiple threat vectors including ballistic missiles, hypersonic weapons, cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks, with work spanning air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains across all phases of flight.

The initial task order, awarded on December 29, 2025, with a firm fixed price of $500 and completion date of December 28, 2035, represents the first delivery order under the SHIELD IDIQ contract and is designated the SHIELD Initial Order. Work is to be performed in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract vehicle is structured to issue multiple task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types across different NAICS codes and classification levels, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support both classified and unclassified programs. All work shall be performed in accordance with applicable contract terms, with the contractor providing all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance.