Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE952

A-Tek, Inc., a certified Woman-Owned Small Business headquartered in McLean, Virginia, was awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with an aggregate ceiling value of $151 billion and an ultimate completion date of December 28, 2035. This contract supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) vehicle, which procures advanced, multi-domain defense systems capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends. The contract encompasses a broad scope of work including research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and threat mitigation across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains. The initial task order awarded to A-Tek under this vehicle is the SHIELD Initial Order, valued at $500 for Firm Fixed Price delivery services, with performance location at Huntsville, Alabama.

The SHIELD IDIQ contract was established through full and open competition with no set-asides, allowing all qualified contractors to compete for multiple awards under the indefinite quantity structure. The contract was issued following a pre-solicitation notice posted May 21, 2025, a draft solicitation released in late July 2025, and a final Request for Proposal anticipated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. Individual task and delivery orders under this contract vehicle will utilize various contract types across multiple North American Industry Classification System codes and will support both classified and unclassified programs at multiple security classification levels, leveraging advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. The 10-year period of performance includes a base ordering period and one or more optional ordering periods, positioning the SHIELD IDIQ as a comprehensive contracting solution for the nation's integrated air and missile defense requirements.