Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE819

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Gc&E Federal, LLC, an Alaska Native Corporation-owned small business certified as an 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business, effective December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract establishes a governmentwide acquisition vehicle with a ceiling value of $151 billion to procure the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) system—an advanced, multi-domain defense capability designed to detect, track, intercept, and neutralize threats to the 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 modernization, and integration of capabilities across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains throughout all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile attacks. Work will be performed at multiple locations, with the initial task order placed on December 29, 2025, establishing performance at Huntsville, Alabama.

The SHIELD Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards under the flexible IDIQ structure. Individual task and delivery orders will employ various contract types across multiple industry classification codes, with resultant orders issued at different classification levels requiring appropriate facility clearances to support both classified and unclassified programs. The contracting vehicle leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to support the nation's multi-layered defense requirements. The initial delivery order issued to Gc&E Federal carries a firm fixed price of five hundred dollars and extends through the contract completion date of December 28, 2035, establishing the foundation for task order issuance under this comprehensive ten-year homeland defense procurement vehicle.