Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE774

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Catalyst Campus For Technology And Innovation, Inc. and other qualifying contractors on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This is a full and open competition vehicle with no set-asides, structured to support the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program—a comprehensive, multi-domain defense system procurement intended to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partner nations. The contract encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and related efforts addressing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles.

The initial task order issued to Catalyst Campus, awarded December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $500 and a firm fixed price structure, with performance located in Huntsville, Alabama and an ultimate completion date aligned with the overall IDIQ contract. The underlying solicitation, which was originally posted May 21, 2025 with a September 15, 2025 due date, indicates the government intends to award to all qualifying, responsible sources submitting technically acceptable proposals with fair and reasonable pricing. The contract vehicle is designed to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and NAICS codes, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to establish a flexible, enterprise-wide contracting mechanism enabling the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly execute orders over the 10-year period of performance.