Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE531

Nextstep Technology Inc., a California-based minority-owned small disadvantaged business, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This contract carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designations. Under this indefinite delivery vehicle, Nextstep shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support the performance of task and delivery orders issued by the MDA and other Department of Defense entities. The contract was awarded following a pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025, with the final request for proposal released in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight. Work areas encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts. 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, supporting both classified and unclassified programs. The contract vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to provide a comprehensive contracting solution for the nation's layered defense requirements over the 10-year period of performance.