Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE492

Optimal Solutions Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business and SBA-certified 8(a) Program Participant, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with no set-aside designation applied. The contract, titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), carries a ceiling value of $151 billion and extends through December 28, 2035, representing a 10-year period of performance consisting of a base ordering period and one or more optional ordering periods. This is a full and open competition vehicle designed to enable the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to procure advanced, multi-domain defense system capabilities through rapid issuance of task and delivery orders without requiring separate competitive procurements.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract supports national defense objectives by procuring research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts for an advanced defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. The contract encompasses ballistic missile defense, hypersonic missile defense, cruise missile defense, and protection against other advanced aerial attacks targeting the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and may operate at different security classification levels, with work performed across multiple locations requiring appropriate facility clearances. The contract vehicle is structured to leverage advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide a comprehensive, scalable contracting solution for the nation's multi-layered defense requirements.