Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE830

Small Business Consulting Corporation, a veteran-owned small disadvantaged business based in Shreveport, Louisiana, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract valued at $151 billion by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract, known as the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, operates under full and open competition with no set-aside designations and is structured to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing 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, and modernization efforts across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles.

Under the SHIELD IDIQ structure, the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities will issue multiple task and delivery orders utilizing various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, with orders potentially classified at different security levels requiring appropriate facility clearances. The contract vehicle is designed to support both classified and unclassified programs and leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Per FAR 15.304(c)(1)(ii), awards will be made to all qualifying offerors determined to be responsible sources with technically acceptable proposals conforming to solicitation requirements and demonstrating fair and reasonable pricing. This 10-year contracting mechanism represents a significant long-term investment positioning SHIELD as a comprehensive solution for the nation's multi-layered homeland defense requirements.