Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ085926DF175

Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc. has been awarded a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) valued at $151 billion with a performance period extending through December 28, 2035. This is a full and open competition contract with no set-aside designations, awarded on December 29, 2025, following a pre-solicitation notice issued in May 2025. The contract vehicle, designated as Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), is structured to support the MDA's advanced multi-domain defense system requirements, encompassing research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity modernization, and disruptive technology initiatives. The contract supports national defense objectives by enabling the detection, tracking, interception, and neutralization of air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats to the United States homeland, deployed forces, allies, and friends across all phases of flight from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, as well as other advanced aerial attacks.

The initial task order, valued at five hundred dollars and issued on December 29, 2025, represents the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) initial order with performance occurring in Huntsville, Alabama. Individual delivery orders under this IDIQ vehicle will utilize various contract types and pricing mechanisms, operate across multiple NAICS codes, and accommodate both classified and unclassified programs at different security classification levels, requiring appropriate facility clearances. The contract leverages advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital engineering, and open systems architectures to fulfill comprehensive multi-layered defense requirements. As a registered System for Award Management (SAM) contractor since 2003, Edgewater Federal Solutions brings established capabilities in systems development, mission support services, and technical expertise across multiple federal defense and civilian agencies to support this significant long-term investment in homeland defense capabilities.