Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE878

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Tawp JV, LLC (UEI: DZR6H6U3TE71) for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This defense-focused contract, awarded on December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $151 billion with an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035, representing a 10-year period of performance. The contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing all qualifying contractors to compete for multiple awards under the IDIQ structure. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, and the contract is structured to support both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and facility clearance levels.

The SHIELD IDIQ procures an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and partners. Contracted work encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts designed to address air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks. Individual task and delivery orders will utilize various contract types and pricing mechanisms across multiple NAICS codes, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The initial delivery order, awarded simultaneously with the IDIQ, carries a ceiling value of $500 and a firm fixed price arrangement, establishing the baseline for subsequent task orders anticipated throughout the contract performance period.