Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE587

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at $151 billion to Phia LLC, a minority-owned small business, with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract, titled Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), represents a comprehensive procurement vehicle designed to support the nation's multi-layered defense requirements against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats. The contract structure supports full and open competition with no set-aside designation, though the award to Phia LLC—a small disadvantaged business—reflects the agency's utilization of qualified small business contractors. An initial delivery order valued at $500 was issued on December 29, 2025, with place of performance designated as Huntsville, Alabama, the primary location of Missile Defense Agency operations.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract encompasses a broad range of research, development, and operational support activities including systems engineering, weapon design, prototyping, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts focused on detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing advanced threats across all phases of flight. The contract vehicle is structured to issue task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with support for both classified and unclassified programs requiring appropriate facility clearances. The solicitation emphasizes the integration of advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to achieve continuous, layered protection for the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, and allied nations. As a prime contractor with established expertise in cybersecurity and program management services, Phia LLC will deliver necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities incidental to performance requirements under individual orders issued throughout the 10-year contract period.