Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DE955

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. Funded through the MDA, a defense agency, this contract utilizes full and open competition with no set-aside designations. The SHIELD (Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense) contract vehicle is designed to procure an advanced, multi-domain defense system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats across all phases of flight. Deliverables encompass research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and protection against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. The contract structure accommodates both classified and unclassified programs across multiple security domains and supports the integration of advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures.

The initial Delivery Order issued under this IDIQ on December 29, 2025, carries a ceiling value of $500 and employs Firm Fixed Price pricing, with performance location established in Huntsville, Alabama. All qualifying offerors meeting technical acceptability standards and demonstrating fair and reasonable pricing are eligible for multiple awards under the contract's flexible mechanism. This procurement represents a comprehensive, long-term contracting solution enabling the MDA and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue task and delivery orders across multiple NAICS codes and security classification levels, requiring contractors to maintain appropriate facility clearances. The contract originated from a pre-solicitation notice posted on May 21, 2025, with a final Request for Proposal anticipated in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, with all potential offerors required to maintain active System for Award Management registration.