Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE905

The Missile Defense Agency awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Alpha TECH Alliance LLC (UEI: ZG82J8W6PZB9) on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract vehicle, designated the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, represents a comprehensive, multi-domain defense procurement utilizing full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The contract is structured to procure an advanced, integrated defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains, addressing ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats as well as other advanced aerial attacks throughout all phases of flight. The scope encompasses research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and associated activities supporting national defense objectives for United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends.

The initial task order issued under this SHIELD IDIQ contract, awarded December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $500 and a firm fixed price structure, with performance at Huntsville, Alabama. The contract structure supports both classified and unclassified work across multiple security domains and facility clearance levels, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. As a flexible ordering mechanism, the SHIELD IDIQ enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue delivery orders across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and contract types throughout the 10-year period of performance, establishing a comprehensive contracting solution designed to address evolving multi-layered homeland defense requirements.