Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF005

BCS Allegient, Inc., a minority-owned small business certified under the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program, was awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency on January 21, 2026, with a ceiling value of $151 billion and performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This contract supports the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) initiative, a government-wide contracting vehicle designed to procure advanced, multi-domain defense systems and related services. The contract employs full and open competition with no set-aside designations, allowing qualified contractors to compete for multiple task orders. Under the SHIELD IDIQ structure, BCS Allegient is positioned to provide comprehensive support across research and development, prototyping, disruptive technologies, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization efforts.

The contractor shall provide all necessary materials, labor, equipment, and facilities required to support the Missile Defense Agency's multi-layered defense objectives against air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats. Deliverables encompass advanced detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization capabilities applicable to ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats across all phases of flight, with work leveraging emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures. Individual task and delivery orders issued under this IDIQ may be classified or unclassified and may span multiple North American Industry Classification System codes, requiring contractors to maintain appropriate facility clearances. This procurement vehicle enables the Missile Defense Agency and other Department of Defense entities to rapidly issue orders under a flexible, long-term contracting mechanism supporting both current and future homeland and allied defense requirements.